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Consultant outlines presidential search timeline
By Chris Horn
By late May or early June, as many as 60 candidates could be identi-
fied for the University presidency, a consultant told the Presidential
Candidate Search Committee at its April 1 meeting.
“We can’t hurry or speed up this part of the search,” said Bill Funk,
president of R. William Funk & Associates of Dallas, Texas, the firm
April 10, 2008
Funk addressed the committee to outline how the search will likely
unfold during the next several weeks as the pool of candidates builds.
Advertising for the University presidency has appeared in several
publications, and a Web site (www.sc.edu/presidentialsearch) dedicat-
ed to the search is online. Funk’s firm is soliciting additional nomina-
tions from about 600 leaders in higher education and will ask for more
You should receive a brief selected March 18 to assist the University’s search committee. “Some nominations from the nation’s leading higher education associations.
questionnaire with this edition of of the better candidates might not even be considering the position “We’ve seen in the past 10 years that the size of candidate pools for
Times (return it by campus mail with at this time. It’s a bit of a dance, a cajoling that goes on [to encourage
some people to become candidates].” Continued on page 6
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in Times, and we value your feedback By Larry Wood
as we consider further improvements The Legislature has announced that the Columbia
to the publication. Above all, we want campus will receive a 2.68 percent budget cut for
Times to be a useful source of Univer- 2008–09, President Sorensen said at the Faculty
Senate meeting April 2. Cuts could vary at the
sity information for faculty and staff;
University’s other campuses.
your participation in the survey will “We clearly will get a budget cut; that’s inescap-
help us to accomplish that goal. able from the state appropriation,” he said, adding
Times has been the University’s that Provost Becker and Harris Pastides, vice presi-
news publication for faculty and staff dent for research and health sciences, have been
meeting with their respective deans about possible
since the late 1970s when it began as reductions.
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The House has included a 1 percent pay raise for
to semi-monthly. An online version of
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sion,” he said. “They haven’t agreed to anything.
I keep telling the Legislature we need to do better
for our faculty and staff. In comparison to other
universities in other states, we are not paid well.”
Women’s Leadership Sorensen also complimented Darrin Horn, the
Institute is May 1 University’s new head men’s basketball coach, on
his commitment to academics.
The sixth-annual Women’s Leadership “Of the teams on the March madness final
Institute (WLI), sponsored by the Provost’s teams, his team from Western Kentucky Univer-
Advisory Committee on Women’s Issues sity was the only one of which the coach could say
(PACWI), will be held from 8 a.m. to honestly that 100 percent of his students during
12:30 p.m. May 1 at the Russell House. his tenure as head coach had graduated,” Sorensen
WLI is designed for faculty, support staff, said. “Our overall graduation rate is 63 percent
administrative staff, and students interested from the time students enroll here as freshmen and
in the advancement receive a degree within a six-year period.
and success of women “Coach Horn will be a valuable member of the
Jason Ayer
in leadership roles. Secret society Second-year theatre student Sydney Mitchell will appear in Theatre community, and he will not restrict his involvement
Panel discussions, South Carolina’s A Cabal of Hypocrites, by Russian playwright Mikhail Bulgakov, April 18–27 in in the University to the basketball court. I am elated
presentations, and a Drayton Hall.The play is a poignant commentary on censorship framed around the turbulent life of
French playwright Moliere (see story page 8).
with his commitment to academic excellence.”
networking luncheon The next Faculty Senate meeting will be held at
will promote greater 2 p.m. April 28 in the School of Law Auditorium.
awareness of the chal-
lenges and opportuni-
ties women face in
their careers. Regis-
Helms
tration is free, and a
light breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Dori Helms, provost at Clemson, and
Faculty, student Art Auction is April 16
Numerous works of art, sculpture, photography, paintings, and ceramics made by the Univer-
Carolina women faculty and staff in leader-
ship roles will present on topics related to the sity’s art faculty and students will go to the highest bidders April 16 at the 53rd-annual USC Art
title of this year’s institute, “Claiming Our Auction.
Voice: Building a Foundation for Leader- The popular annual event will begin with a preview party in the Campus Room of Capstone
ship.” In addition to Helms, panelists will House at 6 p.m. Admission is free, and light refreshments will be provided. The auction will
include Michelle Dodenhoff, associate vice
begin at 7 p.m. The art will be on public display beginning at 1 p.m.
president for development; Judy Rink, a
professor of physical education; and Shirley The auction is sponsored by the Department of Art in the College of Arts and Sciences. Pro-
Staples Carter, a professor and director of the ceeds from the auctioned works are divided between the artists and the art scholarship and gal-
School of Journalism and Mass Communica- lery fund. Credit cards and checks will be accepted. Last year’s event raised more than $19,000.
tions. For more information, contact Mana Hewitt, gallery director and organizer of this year’s
For more information, contact Susan event, at 7-7480 or 7-4236.
Schramm-Pate, PACWI faculty co-chair, at
sschramm@gwm.sc.edu.
Briefly Scheidt named Outstanding Woman of the Year
Tara Scheidt, a junior from China Grove, N.C., majoring in aimed at increasing South Carolina inhabitants’ per-capita
RETIREMENT AND INVESTMENT PLANNING international business and economics, has been named the income. She plans to work in international finance after she
SESSIONS SET: One-on-one counseling sessions for University’s Outstanding Woman of the Year for graduates in May 2009.
retirement and investment planning will be available from an 2008. Scheidt is a member of the USAV women’s club
expert TIAA-CREF consultant during the spring semester from University officials honored Scheidt and four volleyball team at the University, Fellowship of
9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following dates: April 22, 23, 29, and finalists. The award is given annually to an under- Christian Athletes, and Alpha Lambda Delta honor
30; May 6, 7, 8, 20, and 21; and June 3, 4, 24, and 25.The sessions graduate who demonstrates exemplary academic society, which twice selected Scheidt as one of 50
are by appointment only and will be held at the Division of Hu- achievement, service, and leadership and who is undergraduate emerging leaders nationally.
man Resources’ Benefits Office, 1600 Hampton St., Suite 803.To involved in campus and community activities. This year’s finalists were Devon Berry, a senior
sign up, call 1-877-267-4505 and press “0” for assistance, or go Scheidt, a student in the Honors College, holds a Honors College student from Charlotte majoring
to www.tiaa-cref.org/moc.The sessions are designed to provide Cooper Scholarship, one of the highest undergradu- in mechanical engineering; Angela Bingham, a
personalized planning and guidance about meeting financial goals ate scholarships awarded by the University. To be sophomore McNair Scholar from Forest City, N.C.,
through the use of mutual funds and annuity accounts.TIAA- awarded a Cooper Scholarship, a freshman student majoring in pharmacy; Amanda Kay Seals, a senior
CREF does not offer tax advice. must have a minimum 1350 SAT. Cooper Scholars Scheidt McNair Scholar and Rotary Scholar from Clinton,
BOOKMAN ROAD ELEMENTARY RECEIVES receive $4,000 annually for four years of study. Tenn., whose interdisciplinary major includes
RILEY AWARD: The School Improvement Council (SIC) of A student in the Moore School of Business, Scheidt is the studying poverty and development; and Melisa Selin Tanverdi,
Elgin’s Bookman Road Elementary School received the Dick and president of the Global Business Council, a student research a junior Honors College student from Columbia majoring in
Tunky Riley School Improvement Award for 2008, presented at group of the Palmetto Institute, an economic research firm biology.
the S.C. School Improvement Council’s Annual Conference in
Columbia.The Riley Award was created in 2002 to recognize
the contributions made to public education by the more than Lancaster awarded grant for Catawba Indian pottery programs
15,000 SIC members who volunteer in every public school The Duke Energy Foundation has awarded $5,000 to USC Foundation for their continued support of our program,” said
in the state. Located in the College of Education, the SC-SIC Lancaster’s Native American Studies Program to help the Native American Studies Director Stephen Criswell. “Duke
provides training, resources, and technical assistance to parent, campus further develop its Catawba Indian pottery collection. Energy’s donation in early 2006 provided us with the re-
community, staff, and student members of legislatively mandated Funds will be used to acquire pottery, expand exhibit areas, sources we needed to begin creating our program. Subsequent
SICs in each of South Carolina’s public schools.The Riley Award and create programs highlighting the cultural and artistic grants have helped us build a Catawba pottery collection and
is named in honor of former S.C. Governor and U.S. Education traditions of the Catawba people. to develop our successful campus events.”
Secretary Richard Riley and his late wife,Tunky, and recognizes The Catawba pottery tradition stretches back hundreds, Events have included two Native American Studies Week
their longstanding commitment to quality public education. if not thousands, of years. Early European explorers in the celebrations and the Day of the Catawba Festival.
CTE OFFERS GRANTS FOR TABLET PCs: Carolinas encountered Native Catawbas, or Iswas, making pot- Criswell and his colleagues will sponsor a third Native
The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), in partnership with tery from clay gathered from the river that today bears their American Studies Week April 21–25 (see article below), and
Teaching and Technology Services (TTS), will offer grants to all people’s name. Today’s potters have preserved this art, the the Catawba Cultural Center will hold its 2008 Day of the
full-time faculty to submit proposals for projects that investigate oldest continuous ceramics tradition east of the Mississippi, Catawba Festival on the Lancaster campus in mid-November.
specific strategies for using Tablet PCs in teaching. Selected making pottery as their ancestors have done for generations. In fall 2008, portions of the USC Lancaster Catawba pot-
applicants will receive use of a Gateway Tablet PC beginning USC Lancaster’s Native American Studies Program offers tery collection will be exhibited as part of a campus exhibit
summer 2008 through spring 2009.The aim of this project is courses, campus programs, workshops, and exhibits highlight- highlighting the work of the late Georgia Harris, a Catawba
to encourage creative consideration of how to use this specific ing the history and culture of the Catawba Indians and other potter and National Heritage Fellow. The exhibition is spon-
technology to improve teaching and learning.To apply to Native American communities in South Carolina. sored in part through a grant from the National Endowment
participate in the program beginning summer 2008, submit an “We are so grateful to Rick Jiran and the Duke Energy for the Arts.
application and proposal to the CTE by April 16. Applications
are available at www.sc.edu/cte. For more information, CTE staff
at 7-8322 or cte@sc.edu.
Saxophone Conference Native American Studies Week
LEAN STUDY LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS:
convenes April 16–19 to be held at USC Lancaster
The Department of Exercise Science is looking for men and
women who want to lose weight through a health promo- USC Lancaster will sponsor events for Native American
The North American Saxophone Alliance’s Biennial Confer- Studies Week April 21–25. All events are free and open
tion study.The study will promote long-term lifestyle changes
ence will be April 16–19 at Carolina. to the public and will take place on the Lancaster campus
through physical activity and nutritional education. Participants
Many of the events are restricted to registered participants, or at Chastain Studios, 107 S. Main St., Lancaster. The
should be:
but concerts by the USC Symphonic Orchestra on April 16, schedule is:
• 18–65 years old
USC Symphonic Bands on April 17, and the Walt Weiskopf
• overweight ■ April 21
Quartet on April 19 will be open to the public. All public offer-
• have access to a computer and the Internet ings will be held at 7:30 p.m. at • Lecture, “The Etowah Site,” Adam King, S.C. Institute
• currently not in an exercise program the Koger Center. of Archaeology, 11 a.m., Medford, Room 212
• currently not in a formal weight loss program. The conference will draw • Catawba Pottery and Storytelling, presented by Keith
Participation in the study is free. A commitment of nine months approximately 400 participants Brown, Catawba potter, 4 p.m., Medford, Room 212
is needed. For more information, call 7-2749. from across the United States • Film, Smoke Signals, 5:30 p.m., Medford, Room 217
and from Canada, Panama, and
JUDGES NEEDED FOR DISCOVERY DAY: ■ April 22
France. The School of Music’s
The Office of Undergraduate Research is looking for judges for saxophone department, under • Lecture, “Native American Literature,” Jim Charles,
Discovery Day to be held April 25 in the Russell House. For the direction of Clifford Lea- faculty member in English Education at USC Upstate,
the morning oral presentations from 9:15 to 11:30, judges are man, professor of saxophone, 1 p.m., Bradley, Room 113
needed for music/fine arts, anthropology, political science, will sponsor the events. • Exhibit and Reception, “Lewis and Clark Expedition,”
psychology, history, biology, medicine, and engineering. For “The North American 6:30 p.m., Medford Library
the afternoon poster session from noon to 3 p.m., judges are Saxophone Alliance’s Biennial
Walt Weiskopf ■ April 23
needed for anthropology, biological sciences (general), biomedi- Conference is the largest gather-
cal, earth and marine science, engineering, chemistry, physics, ing of professional and amateur saxophonists on the continent • Lecture, “Southeastern Native Americans and Jim
neuroscience, social and behavioral psychology, law, business, at this time,” Leaman said. “The 2008 conference will be the Crow,” Theda Perdue, UNC Chapel Hill, 2:30 p.m.,
and political science.To volunteer to be a judge, send an e-mail largest in the history of the organization, with over 100 hours Hubbard, Room 220
to jmorris@sc.edu and include name, times available (morning, of performances, competitions, lectures, and master classes. ■ April 24
afternoon, or both), area of expertise, or categories of interest. We are thrilled to have an event of such magnitude at the • Lecture, “Colonial Indian Slavery in the Carolinas,”
School of Music.” Brooke Harris, Culture and Heritage Museums in York
CTE OFFERS GRANTS FOR CLASSROOM
The conference will include workshops, masterclasses, County, 1 p.m., Bradley, Room 113
RESPONSE SYSTEMS: The Center for Teaching Excel-
performances, and competitions for both students and profes-
lence (CTE) will offer grants to all full-time faculty to investigate ■ April 25
sionals. The masterclasses will be taught by American saxo-
the use of classroom response systems in their teaching. Faculty • Lecture, “Catawba Valley Archaeology,” David Moore,
phonists Frederick Hemke, Debra Richtmeyer, Tim Roberts,
members receiving the grants will be loaned a set of iClicker Warren-Wilson College, 11 a.m., Chastain Studios
and Steven Mauk. French saxophonist Jean Michel Goury also
classroom response systems for the summer semesters. A
will be a featured guest. • Catawba Pottery and Storytelling, presented by Beckee
classroom response system allows an instructor to obtain in-
Tickets for the Weiskopf Quartet and the USC Symphony Garris, Catawba Cultural Center, 1 p.m., Chastain Studios
stant feedback from students using remote control devices and
Orchestra are available at the Coliseum box office. Weiskopf • USC Lancaster Student Research Presentations and Art
a portable receiver.The systems can be used to ask questions
tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for students. Symphony Exhibit, 2 p.m., Chastain Studios.
during class and receive immediate feedback from students.To
tickets are $25 for the general public; $20 for seniors and
apply, go to www.sc.edu/cte.The deadline is April 17. For more For more information call 803-313-7108, e-mail
University faculty and staff; and $8 for students. To charge
information, contact the CTE at 7-8322 or cte@sc.edu. criswese@gwm.sc.edu, or go to http://usclancaster.
tickets, call 803-251-2222.
sc.edu.
AE&C TO HOLD INFORMATIONAL LUNCHEON: For more information, go to www.music.sc.edu/fs/leaman/
The Office of Academic Enrichment & Conferences (AE&C) NASAHome.html, or call Leaman at 576-5893.
will sponsor an informational luncheon April 17 at Preston’s in
the Russell House. AE&C supports the University’s mission of
outreach and engagement by providing noncredit opportunities,
conference and event services, and youth academic programs.To
register, go to http://ced.sc.edu or call 7-9444.
Psychology department among Top 10 in research grants
The University’s Department of Psychology is ranked for the first time among the top 10 of 650 psychology departments nationally
INDEPENDENT STUDY FORM UPDATED: in federal research expenditures.
The registrar’s office has updated the independent study form In fiscal year 2006, the psychology department accounted for more than $9.4 million in research grant expenditures, moving
for undergraduates.The revised form includes a check box for ahead of psychology departments at UCLA, the University of Texas, and Vanderbilt University. The figures are based on a stan-
identifying independent studies involving undergraduate re- dardized database reported by the National Science Foundation.
search and scholarship.The form is available at registrar.sc.edu/ As recently as fiscal year 2003, the psychology department was ranked No. 64 in research expenditures. The improvement in
html/forms/forms.stm under “Undergraduate Independent Study grant funding has been attributed to successful grant proposals by many psychology faculty and the effects of progressive depart-
Contract (AS-6U)” or at registrar.sc.edu/pdf/AS-6up.pdf. mental policies and leadership.
2 April 10, 2008
Vietnam War Memorial Wall to be on exhibit at Upstate
On April 15, nearly 1,000 motorcycle
riders will gather, dressed in denim and
leather with plenty of American flag adorn-
Student documentary ments, in preparation to proudly escort
the semi-tractor trailer carrying The Wall
to be screened April 25 That Heals, a half-scale replica of the black
granite Vietnam Veterans Memorial on
Media arts professor Susan Hogue and her undergraduate the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The
students are putting the finishing touches on Why We Smoke, wall will be on exhibit April 17–20 at USC
a documentary produced by an all-student crew. Upstate.
The film’s inaugural screening will be at 5 p.m. April 25 in As many as 10 states will be represent-
McMaster College, Room 239. ed among the riders when they assemble
Why We Smoke is a 30-minute film that features inter- in the parking lot of Ingles at Landrum
views with people who have an interest in smoking, including Exit I at 11:30 p.m. Before the arrival of the
experts in the University’s Department of Psychology who 73-foot truck carrying The Wall That Heals
discuss the mechanisms of smoking addiction; media experts; at 12:30 p.m., the riders will recall a few
and smokers located both on and off campus who reveal their war stories.
reasons for continued smoking. At 1:30 p.m., the convoy will begin its
“The film crew was interested in the reasons smokers journey down S.C. Highway 14 to U.S.
continue a dangerous habit, which is well documented in Highway 176 to East Campus Boulevard
scientific findings,” Hogue said. “It features historic footage with an anticipated arrival time on the A half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be at USC Upstate April 17–20.
and advertising revealing just how long we have grappled with USC Upstate campus at 2:30 p.m.
this national addiction, which kills more than 3,000 people “As USC Upstate celebrates the 40th anniversary of its of death of the veteran, on the wall will be available from 9
per day in smoking-related illnesses.” founding this year, we are reminded of what our country was a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
One of Hogue’s students, senior biology major E.J. Idolor, going through in 1967, around the time America was fully Providing a comprehensive educational aspect for the visi-
found getting smokers to talk on camera was challenging. involved in the Vietnam War,” said Frieda Davison, chair of tor, the mobile traveling museum, housed in the semi-trailer,
“Although a lot of people smoke, they don’t want to be on the USC Upstate 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee contains war memorabilia display cases, maps of Vietnam, and
camera smoking,” said Idolor, whose minor is media arts. “We and dean of the USC Upstate Library. a history of the war. A 20-foot by 20-foot white canvas tent
each chose a smoker to interview, and I asked a lot of people, She added that the visit by The Wall That Heals is timely attached to the trailer is an information center where visitors
but they didn’t want to be on camera. Finally, a friend of and appropriate “because it is important for our students, fac- can find names, either in a directory or by asking one of the
mine reluctantly agreed. She says in the documentary that at ulty, alumni, and the community to know the many obstacles volunteers. A variety of other useful materials, such as a book
first she didn’t want to do it—she didn’t want people to think our first students faced.” about MIAs, also is available to assist visitors in their search.
that she was a bad person or that she was ugly because she The 40th Anniversary Celebration Committee also felt that In addition, the Military History Club of the Carolinas
smoked. I assured her that’s not what we were doing. We just many people in the Upstate region might not have had the op- (MHCC) will provide vintage military vehicles with personnel
wanted to explore why people smoke. My friend suffers from portunity to visit the black granite Vietnam Veterans Memo- in period uniforms for display. The public can visit the Wall 24
depression, and she says she smokes because it gets her mind rial in Washington, D.C. hours a day during its four-day exhibit. The exhibit is free and
off the stressful things going on in her life.” While on exhibit at USC Upstate, the Wall will be located open to the public.
Why We Smoke is the third film made by Hogue and her behind the Administration Building on the Main Quad. For information, go to www.uscupstate.edu/40 or contact
undergraduate student film crews. The first, Promises Made, Assistance in locating names, which are arranged by the date Frieda Davison at 854-503-5610 or fdavison@uscupstate.edu.
was shown at 20 film festivals in the United States and Canada
and on an international Web site. The second film, Rx, was
recently accepted into the ReelHeART International Film
Festival in Toronto in June.
Hogue’s undergraduates have experienced the full range of
Colloquiums to take place April 16 and 17
documentary film making to include filming, editing, scoring A senior investigator with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and
and sound engineering, scripting, marketing, and Web design. a biostatistics professor from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will speak on the
Their latest film is funded by the S.C. Tobacco Collabora- Columbia campus April 16 and 17. Both events are free and open to the public.
tive and the Department of Art and is sponsored by Healthy Germaine Buck Louis will speak at a Research Consortium on Children and Families colloquium at
Carolina and The Free Times. 3 p.m. April 16 in the Coker Life Sciences Building, Room 005. Her husband, Thomas A. Louis, will speak
in the statistics department at 2 p.m. April 17 in Davis College, Room 309.
Germaine Louis is the chief and senior investigator of the Epidemiology Branch and acting director of
Register now for Master the Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Insti-
tute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health. Before joining the
Scholars Adventure Series NICHD in 2000, she was a professor for 13 years in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at
Germaine Louis
the University at Buffalo, State of New York. She has master’s and doctoral degrees in epidemiology from
The Summer 2008 Carolina Master Scholars Adventure
the university.
Series for grades 6 through 12 begins in June. Early-bird
At the April 16 colloquium, she will talk about research happenings and opportunities in epidemiology,
registration has begun and will continue through April
biostatistics, and health behavioral research at the NICHD. Her visit is sponsored by the USC Research
18. The series schedule is:
Consortium on Children and Families and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Arnold
■ June 8–13 Adventures in Medicine (grades 9–12)
School of Public Health.
■ June 8–13 Adventures in Pharmacy (grades 9–12) Her research interests focus on the interplay between environmental exposures, behavior, and human
■ June 8–13 Adventures in Journalism: CJI reproduction and development. She has conducted several studies focusing on environmental contami-
(grades 7–12) nants and sensitive reproductive and developmental outcomes. She also engages in methodological
■ June 15–20 Adventures in Law (grades 6–9) research aimed at the assessment of mixtures and health outcomes, parental interactions of exposure,
■ June 15–20 Adventures in Marine Science (grades 6–9) modeling dependent pregnancy outcomes, and use of technologies for field-based research. Thomas Louis
Thomas Louis is professor of biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
■ June 22–27 Adventures in Visual Arts Computing
Earlier in his career, he held faculty positions at Boston University, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the University of
(grades 6–9)
Minnesota School of Public Health. He also was a senior statistical scientist with the Rand Corp.
■ June 22–27 Adventures in Math (grades 6–9) At the April 17 colloquium, he will talk about the performance of optimal Bayesian ranking methods. His research includes risk
■ July 6–11 Adventures in Robotics/Vex (grades 6–9) assessment, environmental and public policy, Bayesian methods, and the analysis of longitudinal data in both experimental and
■ July 6–11 Adventures in Writing (grades 6–9) observational studies. He has published more than 200 chapters, books, and articles. He earned a Ph.D. in mathematical statistics
■ July 13–18 Adventures in Bionanotechnology from Columbia University.
(grades 9–12)
■ July 13–18 Adventures in Exercise Science
(grades 9–12)
■ July 20–25 Adventures in Computer Gaming (grades ■ USC Symphony
8–12)
■ July 20–25 Adventures in Advancement (grades 8–12)
Season finale includes guest saxophone soloists
■ July 20–25 Adventures in Culinary Arts (grades 8–12) The USC Symphony’s season composition at the Curtis Institute of
■ July 27–Aug. 1 Adventures in China/Special finale will showcase the talents of two Music in Philadelphia.
(grades 8–12). award-winning saxophone soloists. ■ If you go Lulloff is a distinguished pro-
Acceptance is selective and based on academic crite- The performances of Timothy What: USC Symphony season finale fessor of saxophone and chair of
ria. Applications are available at saeu.sc.edu/adventures. McAllister and Joseph Lulloff will kick concert woodwinds at the Michigan State
The Office of Academic Enrichment and Conferences off the North American Saxophone University College of Music. He also
When: 7:30 p.m. April 16
in partnership with The State newspaper and the Office Alliance (NASA) Biennial Conference, is a member of the summer artist
of Research and Health Sciences at Carolina is offering being held at the University Where: Koger Center faculty at the Brevard Music Center
a limited number of scholarships for students (6th–12th April 16–19. (See story page 2.) Admission: Tickets are $25 general public; in Brevard, N.C.; is past president of
grades) to attend the Carolina Master Scholars Summer The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. $20 faculty, staff, and senior citizens; $8 NASA; and is a Yamaha Performing
Adventure Series. The deadline for entry is April 11. April 16 in the Koger Center. Under students. For tickets, call the charge line at Artist. He will perform Sunscapes,
Students will be considered for any scholarships for the direction of Donald Portnoy, the 251-2222, go online to capitoltickets.com, by composer, pianist, conductor,
which they might be eligible based upon the standards symphony will accompany the soloists or go to the Carolina Coliseum box office. and lecturer Don Freund. Freund is
indicated on the application. Each scholarship award and also perform Brahms’ Academic department chair and professor of
provides a $450 credit to attend one 2008 Adventure Festival Overture and Ravel’s Bolero. composition at the Indiana Univer-
Series course. McAllister is a professor of saxophone at the University sity School of Music.
For an application or more information, contact of Arizona School of Music, the soprano chair of the PRISM For more about the NASA conference, including a full
the Office of Academic Enrichment and Conferences at Quartet, and co-founder of the QUORUM Chamber Arts Col- schedule of performances, go to www.music.sc.edu/fs/lea-
7-9444 or confs@gwm.sc.edu or go to saeu.sc.edu/ad- lective. He will perform Soprano Sax Concerto, by Brook- man/NASAHome.html.
ventures. lyn-born composer Jennifer Higdon. Higdon teaches music
April 10, 2008
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April & May
Calendar
■ Lectures ■ Lectures
April 10 Archaeology and anthropology, April 18 Chemistry and biochemistry,
“The Materiality of Identity at an 18th-century French “Revolutionary Developments from Atomic
Colonial Outpost in the North American Interior,” Michael to Extended Structural Imaging,” Thomas D.
Nassaney, professor of anthropology, University of Mas- Tullius, Boston University, 4 p.m., Jones Physi-
sachusetts. 3:30 p.m., Hamilton Building, Room 319. Part cal Science Center, Room 006. Refreshments
of the Colonial Frontiers conference (see April 11 and 12 at 3:45 p.m.
event below).
April 19 Archaeology and anthropology,
April 10 Physics and astronomy, Igor Zliznyak, 34th-annual Conference on S.C. Archaeology,
Brookhaven National Laboratory, 3:30 p.m., Jones Physical keynote speakers will be R.P. Stephen Davis
Science Center, Room 209. and Brett Riggs, both are faculty members at
UNC Chapel Hill who conduct archaeological Largely unknown, Colbie Caillat became a household name after she put
April 10 Chemical engineering, Educational Lecture
research on historic Catawba towns in Lan- her song Bubbly on MySpace.
Seminar, “Computing in the Chemical Engineering Curricu-
caster County. Later that day, the Archaeological Society of
lum,” Bruce Fynlayson, University of Washington, 3:30 p.m.,
Faculty Lounge, Swearingen Engineering Center.
South Carolina will celebrate its 40th anniversary, beginning
with three sessions of presentations: a session on Historic
■ Concerts
April 10 Social work, I. DeQuincey Newman Lecture on Native American Archaeology tied to the 2008 Archaeol- April 10 School of Music: Chamber Singers, Andrew
Peace and Justice, Cornel Pewewardy, lecturer, educator, ogy Month theme, “S.C. Native Americans from the 16th Pittman, conductor. 5:30 p.m., Good Shepherd Episcopal
musician, and member of the Comanche Nation of Okla- Century to the Present”; a session honoring the career of Church, 1512 Blanding St., downtown Columbia.
homa. Presented by the I. DeQuincey Newman Institute for Tommy Charles, who has led the archaeology community April 10 School of Music: University Band, George
Peace and Social Justice. 6–8 p.m., School of Law in South Carolina in public outreach for decades; and a Brozak, conductor. Featured selections include Third Suite,
Auditorium. general session. An awards ceremony and business meeting by Robert Jager; Chorale and Shaker Dance, by John Zdechlik;
will follow. 8:30 a.m. registration, 9 a.m. conference begins, An Irish Rhapsody, by Clare Grundman; and As Summer
April 11 Chemistry and biochemistry, Kenneth 2:30 p.m. keynote address, 3:30 p.m. awards, 4 p.m. business
Poeppelmeier, professor of chemistry, Northwestern Was Just Beginning, by Larry Daehn. 7:30 p.m., First Bap-
meeting. Gambrell Hall, Room 153. Conference registration tist Church of Columbia, 1306 Hampton St., downtown
University, 4 p.m., Jones Physical Science Center, Room 006. is $10 faculty, staff, and public; $5 students and seniors. After
Refreshments at 3:45 p.m. Columbia.
the conference, participants are invited to a Lowcountry
April 11 and 12 Archaeology and anthropology, boil and oyster roast, 6–10 p.m., Saluda Shoals Park, Lexing- April 11 School of Music: USC Concert Choir Pre-
conference, “Social Archaeology of Southeastern Colonial ton County. Cost is $20. For more information or to attend views Prelude to Olympics China Concert, featuring Wind
Frontiers,” 15 invited scholars will present papers that the Lowcountry boil, contact Nena Rice at nrice.sc.edu or on the Island and Kalevala Fragments, the first- and second-
examine the intersection of Native American, Euro-Ameri- 7-8170. prize winners from the University’s 2007 international
can, and African-American cultures in the Southeast during choral composition contest. Jonathan Santore’s Kalevala
April 23 Southern Studies, reading, book signing, and Fragments is a setting of an English translation of the pro-
Colonial times. Presenters will emphasize how archaeology reception with historical novelist John Jakes. First in a series
can address the complex development of frontiers in ways logue of the Finnish national epic. Santore is professor of
of six public appear- music theory and composition at Plymouth State University
that are not always accessible through the written record. ances this spring by
Welcome and introductory comments, 8:30 a.m., Gambrell in New Hampshire. Wind on the Island, by Mike D’Ambrosio,
contemporary Southern is a setting of a poem by the Nobel Prize–winning Chilean
Hall, Room 429. Free and open to the public. novelists. Sponsored poet Pablo Neruda. D’Ambrosio is a faculty member at
April 15 Professional Development, “GRANT: National Insti- by the USC Institute Jacksonville State University in Alabama. Also included on
tutes of Health Policies and Procedures Overview,” provides an for Southern Studies the program will be the Suite de Lorca, by the Finnish com-
overview of the NIH proposal preparation and award administra- and the Friends of the poser Einojuhane Rautavaara, and two Chinese folksongs.
tion. Topics include policies, procedures, and regulations specific Richland County Public
to NIH. Taught by the Arnold School of Public Health’s Dan Library. 6 p.m., Richland April 12 School of Music: Carolina Alive, Larry Wyatt,
Christmus, senior program sponsored administrator, and Kristi County Public Library, conductor. 7:30 p.m., School of Music, Recital Hall.
Harmon, coordinator for grant development and technical as- downtown Columbia.
April 14 Carolina Productions: Burkina Electric, West
sistance. 1:30–4:30 p.m., 1600 Hampton St., Room 101. Free. For Free and open to the
African Band, noon, Russell House Patio.
more information, call 7-6578 or go to hr.sc.edu/profdevp.html. public.
April 14 Carolina Productions: Colbie Caillat, 8 p.m.,
April 15 Hospitality, Retail, and April 24 Physics and
Author John Jakes was a research fellow Koger Center.
Sport Management, The Dean’s astronomy, “Soft- in the history department at Carolina
Pulse Refocusing and from 1989 to 1996.
Executive Lecture, “The Opportuni- April 15 Carolina Productions: Acoustic Café, 9:30 p.m.,
ties from Sustainable Tourism,” with Decoherence for Solid- Russell House, Starbucks.
guest lecturer Peter Beattie, senior State Quantum Computation,” Leonid P. Pryadko, University
April 16 Carolina Productions: Mobile, Canadian rock
scholar in residence at Carolina of California-Riverside, 3:30 p.m., Jones Physical Science
band, 6 p.m., Russell House Patio.
and former premier of Queensland, Center, Room 409.
Australia. Lecture will focus on April 17 School of Music: USC Symphonic and Concert
April 25 Chemistry and biochemistry, “Nanostruc-
the emerging role of eco-tourism Bands, NASA Convention Concert, 7:30 p.m., Koger Center.
tural Design of Photocatalysts and Photoelectrochemical
and clean green tourism as the Cells,” Thomas Mallouk, DuPont Professor of Materials April 18 School of Music: University Chorus, Carol
Beattie long-term tourism growth market. Chemistry and Physics, Pennsylvania State University, Krueger, conductor. Concert will include the premiere of
Opening remarks by Chad Prosser, 3:30 p.m., Jones Physical Science Center, Room 006. a song composed by chorus member Christian Traylor and
director of the S.C. Department of Refreshments at 3:45 p.m. based on a poem by chorus member Nathan Gunter writ-
Parks, Recreation, and Tourism.
ten in memory of the Carolina and Clemson students who
3 p.m., School of Law Auditorium. April 25 Human Resources, Administrative Professionals
were killed in a beach house fire last fall. 7:30 p.m., Union
Conference, for administrative professionals and adminis-
April 16 Research Consortium United Methodist Church, 7582 Woodrow St., Irmo.
trative support staff. Instructors will be Iwana Ridgill, who
on Children and Families, will provide training in customer service, professionalism, April 21 School of Music: USC Concert Choir, Nick
colloquium, “Research Happenings and self-motivation; and Merry Taylor, a private consultant. Gosey, conductor. 3:30 p.m., Rutledge Chapel, Horseshoe.
and Opportunities in Epidemiology, 8:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m., West Quad Learning Center. Cost is
Biostatistics, and Health Behavioral $45, which includes continental breakfast, lunch, and breaks. April 24 School of Music: Graduate Vocal Ensemble, Clay
Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver For more information, call Professional Development at Price, conductor. 5:30 p.m., School of Music, Recital Hall.
Prosser National Institute of Child Health 7-6578 or go to hr.sc.edu/conference.html.
and Human Development,” Germaine
M. Buck Louis, senior investigator and chief, Epidemiology
Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention
April 26 Library science,
Inaugural Latino Children’s Lit-
■ Theatre/opera/dance
Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human erature Conference. “Connecting April 10–12 Dance: Dimensions:The South Carolina
Development. 3–4:30 p.m., Coker Life Sciences, Room 005. Cultures and Celebrating Cuen- Contemporary Dance Festival, statewide festival dedicated
Presented by USC Research Consortium on Children and tos.” Award-winning Latina artist and to contemporary dance, sponsored by Vibrations Dance
Families and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatis- children’s book author Yuyi Morales will Company, Koger Center. Gala performance, 7:30 p.m., April
tics of the Arnold School of Public Health. (See story page 3.) present a storytelling and family event, 7 11. For more information, go to www.sccdancefestival.com.
p.m., April 25, Lexington County Public
April 17 Mathematics, “Discrete and Continuous Simi- April 18–27 Theatre South Carolina: A Cabal of Hypo-
Library. For more information, go to
larity Measures and Shape Analysis,” Paul G. Mezey, editor of crites, a semi-biographical play about the French playwright
www.libsci.sc.edu/latinoconf/sched-
the Journal of Mathematical Chemistry, and Canada Research Moliére, written in 1930 by Russian playwright Mikhail
ule.htm. (See story page 8.)
Chair in Scientific Modeling and Simulation, Department of Morales Bulgakov. Robert Richmond, visiting assistant professor in
Chemistry and Department of Physics and Physical Ocean- the Department of Theatre and Dance, will direct. Drayton
ography, Memorial University of Newfoundland. 3:30 p.m., Hall Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Monday–Saturday and 3
LeConte College, Room 412. Sponsored by the Depart- p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $16 for the public; $14 for military,
ment of Mathematics’ Industrial Mathematics Institute. faculty, and staff; and $10 for students. Tickets are available
at the Longstreet Theatre box office. (See story page 8.)
4 April 10, 2008
Amanda Heiney, a senior photography
major, produced a series of vintage car
images, including the one at right for
Ocho Foto: New Work by USCPhotography
Students. The group exhibition features the
work of students in Advanced Photography
II, taught by Kathleen Robbins, assistant
professor of art/photographyThe students
were responsible for securing a local
venue, making all curatorial decisions, and
involving the community in the event.
The exhibit can be seen at City Art Gallery
in the Vista through April 12.
■ Miscellany
April 10–13 Carolina Productions: Movies, One Missed
Call, 6 p.m., and National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, 9 p.m.,
Russell House Theater. Free with USC ID.
April 11 McCutchen House: “A Night in Tuscany,”
foods from the Tuscany region of Italy, five-course dinner
paired with appropriate wines, prepared and demonstrated
by chefs. One seating at 6 p.m. Reservations required. For
more information, call 7-8225.
April 14 Spring workshop: Fulbright Grant, 4 p.m.,
Harper College, Gressette Room. Presented by the Office
of Fellowships and Scholar Programs.
April 16 Spring workshop: National Science Foundation
Graduate Fellowships, 4 p.m., Harper College, Gressette
Room. Presented by the Office of Fellowships and Scholar
Programs. ■ Exhibits ■ Around the campuses
Through April 17 City Art: Ocho Foto, photo exhibit of April 18–19 USC Aiken: DuPont Planetarium shows, In
April 16 Carolina Productions: Movie, The Kite Runner, My Backyard, 7 p.m., and Cruising the Constellations, 8 p.m.
special screening, 8 p.m., Russell House Theater. Free with new work by Carolina students in the Advanced Photogra-
phy II course. City Art gallery is located at 1224 Lincoln St. Ruth Patrick Science Education Center. For more informa-
USC ID. tion, call 56-3769.
in the Vista. For more information, call 252-3613 or go to
April 17 Wellness: Mammography screenings for women, www.cityartonline.com. April 21 USC Salkehatchie: Student Government Asso-
9 a.m.–4 p.m., Women’s Imaging Center mammography bus, ciation Administrative Forum, 12:15 p.m., Education Building,
Greene Street. Sponsored by Faculty and Staff Wellness Through April 26 McKissick Museum: Grandeur Saved:
Photographs of the Aiken-Rhett House, 16 large-scale, color West Campus.
Promotion and Lexington Medical Center. For more infor-
mation or to schedule an appointment, call 7-6518. photographs of the Aiken-Rhett House in historic Charles- April 21–25 USC Lancaster: Native American Studies
ton by contemporary photographer Michael Eastman. Week, free and open to the public. For more information,
April 17–20 Carolina Productions: Movies, The Bucket call 803-313-7108, e-mail criswese@gwm.sc.edu, or go to
List, 6 p.m., and Charlie Wilson’s War, 9 p.m., Russell House Through May 3 McKissick Museum: Spring for Art!, an
invitational exhibit and sale of works by artists on themes usclancaster.sc.edu. (See story page 2.)
Theater. Free with USC ID.
reflecting the South Carolina Midlands. Sponsored by the April 22 USC Aiken: Workshop, “How to Write a Busi-
McKissick Museum Advisory Council; proceeds benefit the ness Plan,” 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Penland Administration
museum’s collection and exhibition programs. Building, Room 106. Presented by the Small Business De-
velopment Center at USC Aiken. Cost is $40, and registra-
tion is required. For more information or to register, call
■ Sports 56-3646 or e-mail SBDC@usca.edu.
April 18 Men’s Baseball: Ole Miss, 7 p.m., Sarge Frye Field. April 23 USC Lancaster: Spring Fling, 11 a.m.–2 p.m.,
Student Center.
April 19 Men’s Baseball: Ole Miss, 4 p.m., Sarge Frye Field.
April 24 USC Aiken: Concert, O.A.R., island-vibe roots
April 19 Football: Garnet and Black Spring Game, 1 p.m. rock band, 8 p.m., USC Aiken Convocation Center. For
April 20 Men’s Baseball: Ole Miss, noon, Sarge Frye Field. more information, go to www.uscatix.com.
April 18 Carolina Productions: David Coleman, The April 23 Men’s Baseball: Wofford, 7 p.m., Sarge Frye Field. April 25 USC Salkehatchie: USC Salkehatchie Olympics,
Dating Doctor, 8 p.m., Russell House Ballroom. East vs. West, 12:15 p.m., The Grove, West Campus.
June and July Women’s Soccer Camps: Day Camp,
April 19 McCutchen House: “Baking 101.” For more for girls ages 5–12; JR Elite and Elite Training Camp, for girls April 25 USC Upstate: Concert, “How Can I Keep From
information, call 7-8225. in grades 5–8; and a Premier Level Camp, for girls in grades Singing?,” USC Upstate University Singers and Chamber
9–12. Conducted by Carolina Women’s Soccer Coach Choir, performance to include a variety of selections includ-
April 21 Carolina Productions: Amy Anderson, comedi- ing music of the Renaissance, classical pieces, folk songs, and
enne, 9 p.m., Russell House Theater. Shelley Smith and her staff. For more information, call the
soccer office at 7-1940. To register, go online at contemporary works. The concert will be under the direc-
April 22 and 24 Healthy cooking: “Italy in the Spring,” GamecocksOnline.com. tion of David Guthrie, director of the University Singers
includes Italian-inspired recipes for risottos, pastas, sauces, and Chamber Choir, and accompanied by Therese Akker-
and desserts. Presented by Columbia’s Cooking!, Carolina’s man, staff accompanist. 7:30 p.m. instrumental prelude, 8
healthy cooking program. 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m. April 22,
5:30 p.m.–8 p.m. April 24. Cost is $30 per class. To register,
■ Around the campuses p.m. concert. Performing Arts Center Theater. Tickets to the
concert are free; to reserve, call the Performing Arts box
contact Brook Harmon at 734-4432 or brookharmon@ April 12 USC Salkehatchie: Baseball and Barbecue, office at 52-5695.
sc.edu. 11 a.m., Science Building Atrium, West Campus. For more
April 29 USC Upstate: Workshop, “Celebrating the
information, contact Jane Brewer at JTBrewer@gwm.sc.edu
April 23 Healthy cooking: “Healthy Pizza,” cooking Science of Art and Caring,” will focus on the science and
or 58-1170.
presentation sponsored by Columbia’s Cooking!, Carolina’s art of caring with particular emphasis on Jean Watson’s
healthy cooking program. 5:30–7:30 p.m. Cost is $20. To April 14 USC Aiken: University Band Concert, 8 p.m., Transpersonal Caring-Healing Model. The workshop is for
register, contact Brook Harmon at 734-4432 or brookhar- Etherredge Center. For more information, call 56-3305. nurses and other health professionals interested in the sci-
mon.sc.edu. ence of human caring. Sponsored by the Mary Black School
April 15 USC Salkehatchie: Lowcountry Community
of Nursing at USC Upstate. 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Summit Pointe
April 25 Undergraduate research: Discovery Day, Players Reader’s Theatre, 12:15 p.m., Marvin Park. East
Conference Center. Cost to attend is $100. For more infor-
annual showcase of undergraduate research in all disciplines Campus.
mation or to register, call Crystal Green at 864-560-6282.
at Carolina. Oral presentations and creative performances April 16 USC Salkehatchie: Student Government Asso-
will be held in the morning and the poster session in the af- ciation Water Works!, 12:15 p.m., Marvin Park, East Campus.
ternoon. Russell House. For more information, go to www.
sc.edu/our/discovery.shtml. Free and open to all faculty, April 17 USC Salkehatchie: Lowcountry Community
staff, students, and the public. Players Reader’s Theatre, 12:15 p.m., Science Building
Atrium, West Campus.
■ List your events
April 25 Film screening: Why We Smoke, a documentary The Times calendar welcomes submissions of listings
created by students of Carolina media arts professor Susan April 17 USC Salkehatchie: Scholarship and Awards for campus events. Listings should include a name
Hogue, 5 p.m., McMaster College, Room 239. Refreshments Reception, 6 p.m., Conference Center. West Campus. and phone number so we can follow up if necessary.
will follow screening. Free and open to the public. (See Items should be sent to Times calendar at University
April 17–19 and 20 USC Upstate: Musical comedy,
story page 3.) Publications, 920 Sumter St.; e-mailed to kdowell@
Urinetown, winner of three Tony Awards, featuring music and
gwm.sc.edu; or faxed to 7-8212. If you have questions,
lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis.
call Kathy Dowell at 7-3686. The deadline for receipt of
8:15 p.m. April 17–19, 3:15 p.m. April 20. USC Upstate, Hu-
information is 11 business days prior to the publication
manities and Performing Arts Center. For more information,
date of issue. The next publication date is April 24.
contact Steve Knight, assistant professor of theatre at USC
Upstate, at sknight@uscupstate.edu. For tickets, call the
USC Upstate box office at 52-5695. ■ Online calendar
USC Calendar of Events is at http://events.sc.edu.
April 18 USC Aiken: Concert, Messiah, Masterworks To add events here, contact Denise Wellman at
Chorale, 8 p.m., St. John’s United Methodist Church, Aiken. denisew@gwm.sc.edu or 7-0169.
For more information, call 561-3305. If you require special accommodations, please contact the program sponsor.
April 10, 2008
5
Two students named Goldwater Scholars
Joseph H. Montoya, left, and Oliver R. Gothe, right, both
Honors College students, have been named 2008 Barry
M. Goldwater Scholars.William W. Kay, center, another
Briefs
PRAYER BREAKFAST CELEBRATES DIVERSE
Honors College student, received an honorable mention.
The scholars were selected from a field of 1,035 mathemat- FAITHS: The School of Music Flute Quartet, the Concert
ics, science, and engineering students nationwide.The Choir directed by Larry Wyatt, and a student ensemble known
one- and two-year scholarships are valued at up to $7,500 as the Free Spirit Drum Circle will provide the music for the
per year and are awarded to students intending to pursue
careers in research and/or college-level teaching. Carolina University’s annual prayer breakfast April 15.The breakfast will
students have won 34 Goldwater Scholarships since 1990. begin at 7:30 a.m. in the Russell House Ballroom.The theme
Gothe is a junior physics and chemistry major with a minor
in mathematics who immigrated to South Carolina from
will be A Celebration of Faiths. Participants will include faculty,
Germany when he was 15. He aspires to conduct research staff, undergraduate students, a master’s degree candidate, and a
in biomedical applications of nanotechnology and to teach doctoral candidate from the following faiths: Protestant, Greek
and train future scientists. Montoya is a junior majoring
in chemical engineering and minoring in mathematics Orthodox, Baha’i, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and Sikh.The program
and music performance. His ongoing research interest is will feature glimpses into the daily expressions of these different
catalysis. Kay, a senior majoring in mathematics, anticipates faith traditions through explanation, prayer, and music.Tickets
obtaining s Ph.D in mathematics.
Kim Truett are $3 for students and $6 for faculty and staff and are available
at the Russell House Information Desk. Carolina Cards can be
used to buy tickets, and University departments can buy tickets
with an IIT by calling 7-8182.
■ Engineering and computing
MOORE SCHOOL EARNS TOP RANKING FOR 19TH
College to sponsor series of public energy forums YEAR: The International Master of Business Administration
(IMBA) program at the Moore School of Business is the nation’s
To help citizens gain a better understanding of the United we need to discuss how these different forms will each have a
top-ranked public university MBA program for international
States’ energy options and the ramifications of its choices, role.”
business and No. 2 among all institutions in that specialty,
the College of Engineering and Computing is sponsoring five The forums will feature presentations from knowledgeable
according to U.S.News & World Report.The program has been
public forums across South Carolina, beginning April 30. representatives for each form of energy, followed by an alter-
ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 for 19 consecutive years. Rounding
Forums on Our Energy Future will focus on nuclear power native response from another group. Because this is a presi-
out the top 10 is the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) in
(April 30 at USC Aiken), coal (May 14 at Florence-Darlington dential election year, representatives from the Democratic
third place, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (Ross) in fourth,
Technical College), hydrogen (June 4 on the Columbia cam- and Republican parties also will offer responses reflecting the
Duke University (Fuqua) in fifth, Columbia University in sixth,
pus), renewable energy (June 25 at USC Upstate), and energy views of their respective parties on the energy form discussed.
Harvard University and New York University tied for seventh,
conservation (July 23 at Claflin University). “It’s our hope that people who attend these forums will
the University of Southern California (Marshall) in ninth, and
“Our energy resources in the years ahead will draw from acquire a better understanding of the relevant science and
the University of California at Berkeley (Haas) in the 10th
multiple materials and technologies,” said Michael Amiridis, technology policies associated with each of these forms of
spot.Thunderbird School of Global Management (Garvin) of
dean of the College of Engineering and Computing. “Coal, energy,” said Chris Toumey, a research associate in the College
Arizona led the rankings.The ranking appears in the 2009 issue
nuclear, and hydroelectric will probably be accompanied by of Engineering and Computing who has organized the energy
of U.S.News & World Report’s America’s Best Graduate Schools,
solar, wind, ethanol, hydrogen, biomass, and other forms, and forums.
available on newsstands.
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING SERIES BEGINS:
■ Graduate Student Day presentation winners The biomedical engineering program will begin its seminar
series at 2 p.m. April 25 in the Swearingen Engineering Building
Winners in the annual Graduate Student Day presentation contest received $750 helium nuclei; Alicia Ruvinsky, second, computer science and engineering,
Faculty Lounge. Naren Vyavahare, the Hunter Endowed Chair
for first place, $500 for second, and $250 for third. The winners are: Understanding mixed societies: Playing humans against agents; and Bin Ni,
third, computer science and engineering, Coding-aware routing in wireless mesh and a professor in the Clemson University Department of
■ Environmental and Earth Sciences—Clio Andris, first, geography,
Site suitability modeling: Integrating GIS, Raster quantification, and interactive networks Bioengineering, will present “Targeted Therapies for Pathology
methods; and Michelle Gierach, second, marine science, Analysis of the ■ Earth & Eenvironmental Studies—Ipsita Gupta, first, geological sci- and Regeneration of Elastic Tissues.” Vyavahare also is director
upper ocean response to Hurricane Katrina (2005) using a 1/25¦ nested Gulf of ences, How old are these waters really: Numerical studies of brine migration in of the Cardiovascular Implant Research Laboratory at Clemson.
Mexico HYCOM the Alberta Basin, Canada; Adena Leibman and Mark Roberts, second, His research has focused on cardiovascular pathology and
■ Health Sciences & Policy—Erin Rivers, first, exercise science, Examin- marine science, Temporal variation in nesting beach contribution to a South
Carolina subadult loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) feeding assemblage;
implants for 15 years, and he has published more than 100
ing the efficacy and feasibility of an intense mobility intervention in individuals
with chronic stroke: A pilot study; India Rose and Gregory Dominick, and Sherif Abd El-Gawad, third, civil and environmental engineering, scientific articles in this area.The seminar is free and open to
second, health promotion education and behavior, Using a multi-level conceptu- Numerical simulation of large scale gravity flows the public.
alization of health literacy to explore older African-American men’s knowledge, ■ Health & Physiology—Julie Conder, first, experimental psychology,
information seeking, and message needs about prostate cancer prevention; Regional brain activation during spatial language processing: A fMRI study; STUDENT NURSES RAISING FUNDS IN
Mark Cairns and Jamie McClellan, third, exercise science, Glucose and G. William Lyerly, second, exercise science, Effects of combined aerobic MEMORY OF STUDENT: The Student Nursing Associa-
lipid metabolism in a mouse model of cancer cachexia; and Sarah Hug- and resistance exercise training on lean tissue mass in HIV-infected men; and tion is raising money to establish a College of Nursing Fund in
gins and Jelanie Kerr, first runner-up, health promotion education and Brandy Duncan, third, exercise science, The effect of intensive mobility
memory of Rebecca Chappell, a freshman nursing student who
behavior, Neighborhood Stress and its Relationship to Risk Behaviors among training booster session in an individual with chronic spinal cord injury
Adolescents in Columbia, SC died Jan. 22 after a 15-month battle with leukemia.The associa-
■ Communication, Journalism, and Linguistics—Daphney Barr
■ Molecular, Biomedical, and Materials Research—Sandhya San- and Alexis Koskan, first, journalism and mass communications, Mobilizing tion is selling “Remember Rebecca” wristbands for $2 with all
duja, first, biological sciences, The mRNA decay factor Tristetraprolin (TTP) for disaster: An examination of disaster/emergency preparedness information of the proceeds earmarked for the Rebecca Chappell memory
induces cellular senescence by targeting E6-AP ubiquitin ligase; Muhammad on television news Web sites; and Carlos Gelormini Lezama, second, fund.Wristbands are available in the Student Nursing Associa-
Qazi, second, electrical engineering, Two dimensional signatures for molecular linguistics. Is there a repeated name penalty in Spanish? tion office (Room 218 in the College of Nursing) and Gloria
identification; and Benjamin Bey, third, environmental health science, An ■ Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences—Srideep Ganguly,
efficient method for extracting high molecular DNA from microbial mats
Fowler’s office (Room 214). Contact Lauren Monroe at 803-
first, economics, Financial linkages between the United States and Latin
■ Social Science—Matthew Cazessus and Naomi Kolberg, first, America: Evidence from Daily Data; Douglas Weiss, second, criminology
447-7860 or monroel@mailbox.sc.edu for more information.
sociology, Wrenches in the rust belt: Spatio-temporal clustering of government and criminal justice, The impact of time served in prison on criminal recidivism;
strikes, 1977–1981; Colin Townsend, second, anthropology, Drumming for and Billy Terry, third, geography, Keeping the cruise industry afloat: The STUDENTS DANCE THEIR WAY TO NEW
the Egungun: (Re)inventing identity at Oyotunji village; and Nicoleta Hodis, case of Filipino seafarers YORK: Only three years since it began its dance degree pro-
third, instructional and teacher education, Societas Romana: A community of ■ Electrical & Chemical Engineering—Kevin Beard, first, chemical gram, the University has been chosen to have students perform
learners in a Latin I class engineering, Synthesis and structural analysis of improved fuel cell catalysts at the National College Dance Festival to be held June 4–6 in
■ Biological, Biochemical, and Biomedical Research—Brian Fur- prepared by electroless deposition methods; and Casey Hetrick, second, New York City. University dance students competed for the
manski, first, chemistry and biochemistry, Differential uptake and selective chemical engineering, Catalytic oxidation of m-dichlorobenzene over V2O5/
permeability of fsarochromanone (FC101), a novel membrane permeable TiO2 catalysts in the presence of steam
opportunity at the American College Dance Festival Southeast
anticancer naturally fluorescent compound in tumor and normal cells; John ■ Humanities—Travis Rieder, first, philosophy, Ethical theory outside the
Regional Conference. Under the direction of dance instructor
Propst, second, biomedical sciences, Focused in vivogenetic analysis of ivory tower: An exercise in informing intuitions; and Catharina Wuetig, Stacey Calvert, the students performed the ballet Twist, choreo-
implanted engineered myofascial constructs; and Joseph Ellsworth, third, second, comparative literature, Too real to be read: Transnational identity graphed by Alan Hineline. Only three college dance programs
chemistry and biochemistry, Coordination polymers: A structural and optical claims in Maxim Biller’s banned novel Esra. were invited to perform at the national festival. USC Dance
investigation via systematic modification of organic ligands
For a list of departmental winners, go to www.gradschool.sc.edu/ recently performed Twist at its “Evening of Dance Masterpieces”
■ Computer Science, Physics, and Statistics—Michael Paolone, GSD/2008.AwardsCeremonyProgram.pdf.
first, physics and astronomy, A search for modified proton structure in dense concert. For more information about the National College
Dance Festival, go to www.acdfa.org.
Search continued from page 1
university presidencies has dropped somewhat,” Funk said. reduced to a short list of three to five finalists, Funk said. The
Times • Vol. 19, No. 6 • April 10, 2008
Times is published 20 times a year for the faculty
“We’re now seeing about 40 to 60 active candidates—people finalists will be asked to sign releases that allow the search and staff of the University of South Carolina by
the Department of University Publications,
who are qualified and interested—in a typical search.” committee to conduct credit and other background checks as Laurence W. Pearce, director. lpearce@gwm.sc.edu
Once the full list of candidates is developed for Carolina’s well as contact non-directed references.
presidency, each member of the University’s search commit- S.C. Freedom of Information law requires public uni- Director of periodicals: Chris Horn chorn@gwm.sc.edu
tee will be asked to list his or her top six to eight candidates. versities in the state to disclose the names of finalists for all Managing editor: Larry Wood larryw@gwm.sc.edu
Search committee members will have access to a proprietary positions. Design editor: Betty Lynn Compton blc@gwm.sc.edu
database with resumes and other information about each “This can be difficult for sitting presidents—a little less Senior writers: Marshall Swanson mswanson@gwm.sc.edu
candidate. so for provosts—who are finalists,” Funk said. “The reality Kathy Henry Dowell kdowell@gwm.sc.edu
“Usually, four or five candidates are on everyone’s list, and of having to go public [as a candidate] can cause someone to Photographers: Michael Brown mfbrown@gwm.sc.edu
Kim Truett ktruett@gwm.sc.edu
two to four are on a majority of the lists,” Funk said. “Other withdraw.”
To reach us: 7-8161 or larryw@gwm.sc.edu
candidates might be advocated by one or two [search commit- Mack Whittle, a search committee member and Univer-
Campus correspondents: Office of Media Relations, Columbia;
tee members].” sity trustee, asked Funk about the board’s strategic plan for Jennifer Lake, Aiken; Shana Funderburk, Lancaster; Jane Brewer,
The 10 to 15 candidates on that shorter list will be asked for Carolina. “Does our strategic plan need more articulation? Do Salkehatchie; Misty Hatfield, Sumter; Tammy Whaley, Upstate; Terry
Young, Union.
references, which will be vetted by committee members. The we have in place what we need?” he asked.
The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in edu-
group will be further narrowed to about eight for off-campus “Candidates want to know if you have one, how far you are cational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified
face-to-face interviews. with it, and if there is room for them to put their mark on it,” persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age,
“Something very visceral happens at this point,” Funk said. Funk said, adding that the University’s current strategic plan disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status. The University of
South Carolina has designated as the ADA Title II, section 504, and
“You’ve probably met [the candidates] only through resumes was adequate. “Candidates always want to know what a board Title IX coordinator the Executive Assistant to the President for
up to that point.” wants, what the funding climate is like within the state, and Equal Opportunity Programs. The Office of the Executive Assistant
A series of one-and-a-half hour interviews with each how intrusive or supportive a board is.” to the President for Equal Opportunity Programs is located at 1600
Hampton St., Suite 805, Columbia, S.C.; telephone 803-777-3854.
candidate will likely be held over a two-day period. Based on The Presidential Candidate Search Committee is scheduled
the results of those interviews, the field of candidates will be to meet again in early May and early June.
6 April 10, 2008
Faculty/staff news
Faculty/staff items include presentations of papers and projects for national Melbourne, Australia, and “Protein Oxidation and Modification: Mechanisms,
and international organizations, appointments to professional organizations and
boards, special honors, and publication of papers, articles, and books. Submis-
Measurement, and Biological Consequences,” Society for Free Radical Biol-
ogy and Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Beaufort’s Upshaw named
sions should be typed, contain full information (see listings for style), and be sent
only once to Editor, Times, 920 Sumter St., Columbia campus. Send by e-mail to:
Steven P. Hooker, exercise science, J.A. Reed, C-A. Arant, and A.E. Price,
“Comparing demographic features of trail-users obtained via direct
Zonta Woman of the Year
chorn@gwm.sc.edu. observation with current census data,” American Public Health Association, Chancellor Jane Upshaw at USC Beaufort has been
Washington, D.C. named Zonta’s 2007 Woman of the Year. Zonta is an
■ ARTICLES international organization of professional women work-
ing together to advance the status of women around the
Meili Steele, “The Social Imaginary and Public Reason,” Divina-
tio: Studia Culturologica Series.
■ Lighter times globe.
Dennis L. Poole, social work, “Organizational networks of Upshaw was recognized for
collaboration for community-based living,” Nonprofit Management her community service. She
& Leadership.
is a past president of Literacy
Meera Narasimhan, neuropsychiatry and behavioral science, Volunteers of the Lowcountry and
“Schizophrenia, Metabolic Syndrome, and Antipsychotics: Chal-
lenges, Controversies, and Clinical Management,”Psychiatric Times. the past chair of the Hilton Head
Island/Bluffton Chamber of Com-
Xuemei Sui and Steven N. Blair, exercise science, James N.
Laditka, epidemiology and biostatistics, and James W. Hardin, merce. She sits on the governing
“Estimated Functional Capacity Predicts Mortality in Older boards of the Coastal Business
Adults,” Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Education Technology Alliance,
Marsha Dowda and Russell R. Pate, exercise science, Karin Hilton Head Regional Medical
A. Pfeiffer, and Rod K. Dishman, “Associations among Physical Center, and the National Bank of
Activity, Health Indicators, and Employment in 12th Grade Girls,”
South Carolina. Upshaw
Journal of Women’s Health.
Lynn McGee, Beaufort’s vice
J. Mark Davis, E. Angela Murphy, and James A. Carson,
exercise science, Abdul Ghaffar and Eugene P. Mayer, pathol- chancellor for University Advancement, commented on
ogy, microbiology, and immunology, A.S. Brown, and Martin D. the chancellor’s impact on the communities served by the
Carmichael, “Susceptibility to HSV-1 infection and exercise stress Beaufort campus.
in females: role of estrogen,” Journal of Applied Physiology. “Dr. Upshaw has made a difference in our community
by focusing her personal and professional efforts on a
■ PRESENTATIONS Thank goodness it was a glass ceiling. I didn't like what I saw.
critical need: educational opportunity,” she said. “Dr.
Ran Wei, journalism and mass communications, and Shuhua
Upshaw invested countless hours traveling across the
Zhou (University of Alabama), “Responding to arousing bird flu
stories: Processing the epidemic and perception of the stories,” Association Patricia A. Sharpe and Harriet Williams, exercise science, M.L. Granner, state to bring a baccalaureate degree-granting institution
for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication Southeast Colloquium, and J.R. Hussey, “Massage therapy effects on well-being and stress perception to the Lowcountry. Her hard work, visionary leadership,
Auburn University, Alabama. among older adults,” American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C. belief in the Lowcountry’s strengths, and willingness to
P. Lee Ferguson, chemistry and biochemistry, “Fate and effects of single- take risks have been a critical force behind the building
■ OTHER
walled carbon nanotubes in the estuarine environment,” NanoEco confer- of a four year university for an underserved region of the
ence, Ascona, Switzerland. Georgia Doran, graduate career management, Moore School of Business,
state.”
Benjamin. S.Twining, chemistry and biochemistry, S.B. Baines, and S.Vogt, named a finalist honoree for the 2008 Outstanding Freshman Advocate
Award. For more information about Zonta, go to www.zonta.
“Role of diatoms in nickel biogeochemistry in the Pacific Ocean,” 2008
Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Fla. Reginald Bain, music, was guest composer at the Eastman School of org/site/PageServer.
Barbara Rogers Blaney, registrar, “The Registrar and Retention,” Ameri- Music’s Center for Computer Music, where his works The Music of the
can Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Orlando, Primes and Strange Attractors & Logarithmic Spirals were presented in concert,
Fla.
Meera Narasimhan, neuropsychiatry and behavioral science, “Neurobiol-
Rochester, N.Y.
Tan Ye, languages, literatures, and cultures and Center for Asian Studies,
Hohman named interim
ogy of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,” International Women’s
Mental Health Congress, Melbourne, Australia.
received the 2008 International of the Year Award at the Columbia Interna-
tional Gala, Columbia. vice chancellor of
Richard D. Adams, chemistry and biochemistry, “New Directions for
Hydrogen Activation and Catalytic Hydrogenations,” invited lecture,
student development
Deaprtamento de Quimica, Research and Advanced Studies Center of
■ Job vacancies Robert J. Hohman has been named interim vice chancel-
the National Polytechnic Institute (Cinvestav) and Universidad Nacional lor for student development at USC Beaufort following
Autonoma de Mexico. For up-to-date information on USC Columbia vacancies
and vacancies at other campuses, go to uscjobs.sc.edu. the retirement of Gail Quick, who formerly held the
John Baynes, exercise science, “Succination of Protein—Biomarker of
The employment office is located at 1600 Hampton St. position.
Oxidative Stress and Risk Factor for Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Diabetes,”
Baker Heart Research Institute and St.Vincent’s Institute of the University of In his new position, Hohman will be responsible for
overseeing all facets of student development operations
including recruitment, admissions, and student life.
“USC Beaufort is very fortunate to have someone of
Poetry collection wins S.C. Poetry Book Prize Dr. Bob Hohman’s dedication and experience to step in
and capably fill this critical position for our institution,”
The first book-length collection of poetry from Ed Madden, an associate professor of English and associate said Jane Upshaw, chancellor of USC Beaufort.
director of women’s and gender studies at the University, has been selected as the third-annual winner of Hohman joined USC Beaufort in 1995. In 2004, he
the S.C. Poetry Book Prize. was named director of advising at the south campus in
Selected for the prize by Afaa Weaver, a professor of English at Simmons College in Boston and founder Bluffton. Most recently, he was assistant vice chancellor
of the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Center, Signals was published by the USC Press (88 pages, $14.95 for student development.
paperback). The annual book prize is coordinated by the S.C. Poetry Initiative at the University. An accomplished educator and administrator,
In a release announcing the book’s publication, the USC Press described Madden’s lyric poems as Hohman has written extensively about education,
“deeply rooted in the recognizable landscapes and legacies of the American South,” adding that the poems including articles about curriculum development, student
“couple daring engagements in topics of race and sexuality with tender reflections on personal and cultural behavior, and teacher education. He has a BS in sociology
histories. from St. Vincent College, a M.Ed. in guidance from
“Madden’s adopted home of South Carolina rises to the surface in poems set at Folly Beach, Fort Moult- Madden Indiana State University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. in
rie, Lake Keowee, and Middleton Place. His interrogations of social oppression conjure the ubiquitous ico- educational administration from Bowling Green State
nography of the bygone Confederacy, a first encounter with the miniseries Roots, and a cameo appearance by Strom Thurmond.” University.
Madden is writer-in-residence at the Riverbanks Botanical Gardens in Columbia. He is the author of Tiresian Poetics and
coeditor of Geographies and Genders in Irish Studies. He was selected by editor Natasha Trethewey for inclusion in the anthology
Best New Poets of 2007. ■ In Memoriam: Kenneth E. Toombs
Kenneth E. Toombs, 79, director emeritus of University
Libraries, died March 4 in Columbia. A memorial service
Chaudhry gets ASCE award South’s archaelogy work was held March 8 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine
Street Chapel.
M. Hanif Chaudhry, chair of the Department Civil and En-
vironmental Engineering in the College of Engineering and
recognized by Historic Toombs joined University Libraries as director in 1967
and oversaw the addition of the millionth volume to the
Computing and associate dean (In-
ternational Programs and Continuing
Beaufort Foundation libraries’ collections and the building of the Thomas Coo-
per Library and the Law Library. A nationally recognized
Education), received the 2008 Hunter The Historic Beaufort Foundation presented Stanley academic library building consultant, he was co-founder
Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award. South with its Osterhout Archaeological Stewardship of the Southeastern Library Network, was listed in Who’s
The award is the most presti- Award in recognition of his work helping to preserve the Who in Library Science and Who’s Who in America, and
gious award the American Society of archaeological heritage of Beaufort County. received the Rothrock Award, the highest honor in the
Civil Engineers (ASCE) gives in water South, an archaeologist with the S.C. Institute of Ar- Southeastern Library Association for his contribution
resources. Chaudhry will receive the chaeology and Anthropology at the University, received to the Solinet System, a database to identify and catalog
award, along with a check for $2,000, the honor during the foundation’s 42nd-annual luncheon library books.
at the Environmental and Water meeting in Beaufort. Toombs is survived by his wife, Teresa; daughters
Resources Institute (EWRI) of ASCE The award is named for a U.S. Marine Corps major Susan Shealy, Cheri Morris, and Teresa Heilman; nine
Chaudhry
Annual Congress May 14 in Honolulu, who in 1943 was instrumental in helping to preserve the grandchildren; and one great grandchild.
Hawaii. remains of the 16th-century Spanish settlement known Memorials can be made to the Alzheimer’s Associa-
The citation from ASCE to Chaudhry reads: “For over three as Santa Elena and a French outpost named Charlesfort, tion, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1700, Chicago, Ill.
decades of service to the hydraulic engineering community which were thought by Osterhout to be on the Parris 60601-7633; the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, 1359
as an outstanding researcher, exemplary teacher, author of Island Marine Base near Beaufort. Broadway, Suite 1509, New York, N.Y. 10018; the Ken-
several widely used textbooks, and a highly regarded practic- South later did extensive archaeological work on both neth E. Toombs Fellowship Fund in Library and Informa-
ing engineer.” sites with Carolina colleague Chester DePratter. In 2005, tion Science at the University; or to Palmetto Health
In selecting Chaudhry for the award, the committee par- their efforts led to the designation of Santa Elena as a Hospice, Box 7275, Columbia, 29202.
ticularly noted his contributions to hydraulic engineering. National Historic Site. An online guest book is at www.dunbarfunerals.com.
April 10, 2008
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■ Theatre South Carolina
Season ends with poignant
Opera and fantasy make beautiful music
play, A Cabal of Hypocrites together in Mozart classic, The Magic Flute
By Larry Wood
Theatre South Carolina will conclude its 2007–08 mainstage season with
Mikhail Bulgakov’s A Cabal of Hypocrites, a poignant commentary on Opera at USC will present one of the genre’s best-
censorship framed around the turbulent life of French playwright Moliere. loved and most familiar works, The Magic Flute, in a
The production will be performed at Drayton Hall Theater April 18–27 somewhat unfamiliar setting, Longstreet Theater.
with shows at 8 p.m. Monday–Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are Performing in Longstreet will allow the cast, made
$16 for the public; $14 for military and University faculty and staff; and up mostly of students, to showcase their talents in a
$10 for students. Tickets are available at the Longstreet Theater box office. theater-in-the-round setting instead of the tradi-
Robert Richmond, visiting assistant professor, will direct. tional proscenium stage. Working in the round has
“The ominous presence of censorship is as present today as ever,” said presented director Ellen Schlaefer several challenges
Jim Hunter, chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance. “A Cabal of in staging the production, the final presentation of
Hypocrites tackles the very relevant topic in an entertaining and insightful the 2007–08 Opera at USC season.
theatrical journey.” “It’s a unique space,” Schlaefer said. “I am excited
The play was written in 1936 by Russian playwright Bulgakov under by the challenges posed by Longstreet. It’s a good
Stalinist rule. Bulgakov’s best-known work was The Master and the Mar- opportunity for our students to stretch and grow as
garita, a satirical critique of Soviet society. He wrote A Cabal of Hypo- performers.”
crites as a statement on censorship and the struggle for artistic freedom in Designing for an opera in the round, Anita Tripa-
a communist society. thi Easterling, who has worked in Longstreet on other
In the play, Moliere has recently published Tartuffe and is enjoying theatrical productions, has created a nontraditional
the favor of King Louis XIV; however, he also has gained the disapproval set for Mozart’s fantasy world. “We’ll tell our story
of church officials, who deem the play heretical. The officials form a cabal, with suggested elements this time, and because the
or a secret group, and intend to harm Moliere’s person and his reputation. opera is a fantasy, the set lends itself to a different
Richmond took the liberty of inserting snippets of Tartuffe throughout the treatment,” Schlaefer said. “Visually, it’s going to be
play, creating a play within a play. very satisfying.”
“More than simply a biography about the rise and fall of Moliere, or a Without a traditional pit, the slightly smaller
dated commentary on the suppression of artists in 1930’s Russia, A Cabal orchestra will share the house with the audience,
Evan McCormack,
of Hypocrites serves as a reflection on the very fundamental American performing on a platform behind the singers. “One a master of music
ideal of free speech,” Richmond said. “Censorship is still alive today, as is of the obvious challenges is that the conductor is not candidate in opera
reflected by the highly publicized challenge of the popular Harry Potter in the focal point to coordinate the orchestra and the theatre, will sing
the role of Prince
series and the banning of other well-known books, such as Arthur Miller’s singers,” Schlaefer said. Tamino in The
The Crucible and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.” But performing in the round offers rewards, too. Magic Flute.
A Cabal of Hypocrites was seen as a dangerous criticism on Stalinist “The student performers will enjoy being very close to
Russia and was banned after only seven performances. the audience and visa versa,” Schlaefer said.
The cast is composed completely of theater students. Nathan Ben- The Magic Flute follows Prince Tamino’s struggle
nett, a graduate student, will perform the role of Moliere. The staging will to become worthy of his beloved Pamina by endur-
combine the classical 17th-century feel of Moliere’s plays with “dream-like ing a series of trials and tribulations. Prince Tamino
and nightmarish” aspects. Vanessa Streeter, a graduate student, is design- is helped by the benevolent Sarastro and a secre-
ing the costumes. They are in the French neo-classical style but with highly tive brotherhood modeled upon the Freemasons of Michael Brown
stylistic alterations to reflect the play’s themes. Mozart’s Vienna, but he is opposed by the Queen of
“The director and I wanted to reflect the hypocrisy and degradation in the Night, setting up a classic struggle between dark-
the play visually through the costumes,” Streeter said. “So, we used period ness and night, good and evil.
“It’s a love story,” Schlaefer said, “the search for a
■ If you go
silhouettes, but we added sheer materials so that the costumes can be seen What: Mozart’s The Magic Flute
through, just as the cabal’s hypocrisy can be seen through by the end of the better world where everything is in balance.”
play.” Written in the form of a singspiel, The Magic When: 7:30 p.m. April 25 and 3 p.m. April 27
Originally from Hastings, England, Richmond has directed more than Flute includes both spoken dialogue and singing. The Where: Longstreet Theater
30 productions for Aquila Theatre, a New York–based company that pro- cast will speak the dialogue in English and sing in
Tickets: $18 for the public; $15 for senior
duces classical works. He directed the mainstage production of Oh! What A German with supertitles in English.
citizens (ages 55 and older), military, and Uni-
Lovely War last November. Evan McCormack and Whitney Vance, both
versity faculty and staff; and $5 for students.
For more information about the Theatre South Carolina program, go graduate students, will sing the roles of the lovers
For tickets, call 7-0058 or 7-5369.
to www.cas.sc.edu/thea/. For more information on A Cabal of Hypocrites, Tamino and Pamina. Jennifer Bryant and Lindsay
call Kevin Bush, director of marketing, at 7-9353. Hilliard will share the role of Tamino’s adversary, the
Queen of the Night. Tyrone B. Wallace, Jr. will sing
the role of Sarastro. “The Magic Flute is one of the most popular
Student speak Heidi O’Hare from UNC Charlotte is the costume
designer, and Carolina alumnus Aaron Pelzer is the
operas in the repertoire,” Schlaefer said. “It has really
beautiful music. It’s got a good beat, too, and you can
■ Name: Erin Rivers lighting designer. dance to some of the songs. You really can.”
■ Year: First-year doctoral student
■ Major: Exercise science
■ Hometown: Cheraw
■ You’re one of the first-place winners
from this year’s Graduate Student Day
in early April, so congratulations! What
was the theme of your presentation? I
presented on the research we’re conducting with
chronic stroke clients in which we are trying to
determine the effect of an intensive mobility
intervention. We want to see if providing intense
physical therapy for several consecutive days will
improve their balance, their mobility, and their
gait. In the past, the practice has been to give
rehabilitation over a long period of time but not
to expect any additional recovery after six to nine
months. Now, we find that recovery of physical ability can happen years
after [a stroke].
■ How did you become interested in this kind of research? Work-
ing with people with chronic neurological conditions—victims of stroke or
people who have a spinal cord injury—requires you to be creative. You have Latina artist and children’s book author Yuyi Morales created this illustration for Little Night.
to be patient, too. The rewarding part of it is that even small improvements
in physical condition can make a big difference in their lives.
■ Is this similar to what you will focus on with your Ph.D.?
Latino children’s literature conference is April 26
The University’s inaugural Celebration of Latino Children’s Literature conference, sponsored by the School of
I think I want to look at the population with incomplete spinal cord inju-
Library and Information Science and the College of Education, will be held April 26 in the Russell House.
ries to see what physiological changes they undergo as a result of intensive
The conference will provide a forum for presenting current research related to the education and information
exercise. These are people who have some sensory and motor function
needs of Latino children and the social influences of Latino children’s literature upon the developing child. The
below the site of their injury. At this point, I don’t know what changes, if
conference theme is “Connecting Cultures and Celebrating Cuentos.”
any, someone would experience from the intensive therapy.
Award-winning Latina artist and children’s book author Yuyi Morales will present a storytelling and family
■ What was it like to present at Graduate Student Day? Were event April 25 at the Lexington County Public Library. The community event will begin at 7 p.m.
you nervous? There was a pretty good crowd that attended, and this was Kathy Short from the University of Arizona will deliver the keynote address. Breakout sessions will include
good practice for presenting. I presented at the National Physical Therapy topics for both researchers and practitioners related to Latino children’s literature and literacy. Research posters,
Association in Nashville back in February, so it was pretty similar to that. created by undergraduate and graduate students from the School of Library and Information Science and the
■ How long will it take you to complete your Ph.D.? That’s a good College of Education, will be presented throughout the conference.
question. I just finished my doctor of physical therapy degree here, so I’m During the luncheon, Latina author Lucía González will read from her forthcoming bilingual picture book,
on a fast track with the Ph.D.—about three years, I think. After that I want The Storyteller’s Candle/La velita de los cuentos,
to work in a clinical setting for a while and then go into academia where I Julia López-Robertson, an assistant professor in the Department of Instruction and Teacher Education, and
mainly want to teach and do some research. I’m working some weekends Jamie Campbell Naidoo, an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science, are conference
now at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital here in Columbia. co-chairs.
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