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This Periodical is brought to you for free and open access by the CCU Newsletters at CCU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Coastal Carolina University Newsletter by an authorized administrator of CCU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. U N V E R S T y N. E W S L E T T E R November 12, 2001 A Newsletterfor Faculty,Staff a11dFrie11ds of CoastalCarolina U11iversity Volume 11, Number 16 A message from Amistad captain to speak as Coastal's PresidentIngle Kimbel Lectureron Nov. 13 As many of Bill Pinkney, captain of the subject of an award-win­ you are aware, the the Freedom Schooner ning cable TV special narrated State Budget and Amistad, will speak at by Bill Cosby titled "The Control Board last Wheelwright Auditorium on Incredible Voyage of Bill week announced a Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Pinkney." mid-year budget as part of the university's A key component of cut of 4 percent Kimbel Distinguished Pinkney's solo trip around the for all state agen­ Lecturer Series. The event world in 1991 was to provide cies. The effect of is free and open to the lessons in math, science, this action will Ronald R Ingle public, although tickets geography and social studies mean a cut of $598,407 for Coastal are required for admission. for more than 30,000 students across Carolina University. In 1991, Pinkney, a world-class the country. This was made possible In preparing this year's operating sailor, became the first African-American through the use of a satellite transpon­ budget for the university, we anticipat­ to sail solo around the world's five great der, computer downlinks, videotapes ed that a mid-year cut would be likely; capes with Project Commitment. and high seas telephone calls. Since therefore, the current budget is a con­ Pinkney is a U.S. Navy veteran and U.S. returning from his legendary voyage, he servative one. Although I do not antic­ Coast Guard licensed captain. has addressed more than 85,000 stu­ ipate that we will face personnel layoffs, · Pinkney was born and raised in a dents in more than 700 schools across we must continue to carefully observe single-parent household in Chicago and the country and internationally. employment lags when vacancies occur. educated in the Chicago public schools. Pinkney is past commodore of the This latest cut means that we have Before devoting his career to sailing, he Belmont Yacht Club in Chicago; mem­ virtually no contingency funds - there was a marketing executive for Revlon ber of the New York Yacht Club; mem­ is no "safety net" so unit budgets should and other cosmetic companies. ber of the Board of Directors of the be monitored carefully. The possibility Pinkney's work as a mariner and edu­ American Sail Training Association; remains that state agencies will be asked cator has been recognized by the trustee of Mystic Seaport Museum to absorb more cuts during this fiscal President of the United States, as well as (America's largest maritime museum); year and I am certain that the 2002- governors, legislators, mayors and for­ and a member of the Board of Directors 2003 state budget will also be very eign leaders. The story of his exploits was of the Chicago Maritime Society. tight. . read into the congressional record by The Kimbel Distinguished .Lecturer The Council of Sen. Edward Kennedy. Pinkney was also continuedon page 2 College Presidents recently formed a task force to seek regulatory relief for CCU Newsletter PublicationDates colleges during these challenging eco­ nomic times. I am proud that Coastal's Submission deadlines: Publication dates: Executive Vice President Sally Horner Monday , November 19 Monday, November 26 chairs that statewide committee. When Monday, December 3 Monday, December 10 the task force issues its report in Coastal Carolina University Newsletter is published biweekly on Monday by the Office of November, I anticipate the committee Marketing Communications. Items to be included should be submitted to the Office of Marketing Communications in SNGL 204 by noon the Monday before publication, unless otherwise listed. continuedon page2 Deadline to submit informationfor the next issueis Monday, Nov. 19 at noon.

Information for the CCU Newsletter should be submitted to Jerry Rashid ([email protected]) in the Office of Marketing Communications, Singleton 204. Ingle ... continuedfrom page I Kimbel Lecturer.. .continuedfrompagel will recommend regulatory relief in Series is sponsored by the William A. for the intellectual values in broad such areas as telecommunications, pro­ and L. Maud Kimbel Distinguished social issues, religion , geopolitics and curement and federal contracts. Lecturer Series Endowment Fund . the arts . In the meantime, I will meet with The purpose of the series is to present For ticket information , contact the the chair of the Faculty Senate to deter­ programs promoting an appreciation Wheelwright Box Office at 349-2502. mine which faculty committee would be the most appropriate to make specif­ ic recommendations on ways the uni­ Two named to Coastal Educational versity may increase revenues and reduce expenditures. Foundation,Inc. Boardof Directors One such reduction plan which is Fred DuBard Smith joined the already underway relates to energy con­ Jr. and Howard Coastal faculty as sumption. As winter approaches, we Smith have been an adjunct profes­ must identify ways to conserve energy named to the sor of accounting and reduce expenditures in that area. I Coastal in 1980 and served will release to the campus guidelines for Educational as assistant profes­ campus energy conservation within the Foundation, Inc., sor of accounting next two weeks. (CEF) Board of from 1998 to The fiscal situation in our state, as Directors. 2001. He is past . FredDuBard it is across the nation, is serious, but I D u Bar d 1s Jr. chair of the Wall am confident that all of us working owner and CEO of DuBard, Inc., a College of Business Board of Visitors. together can overcome these arduous Florence-based distributor of Anheuser­ Smith was a partner with Smith, Sapp, times. I welcome any suggestions that Busch products. He has served on Bookhout , Crumpler and Calliham , P.A. members of the campus community Coastal's Board of Trustees since 1993, in Myrde Beach from 1978 to 1997. may have related to budget items. Even including three terms as chairman . Smith earned a bachelor's degree from in this tough year, I pledge to you that DuBard has been an active leader in The Citadel in 197 1 and a master's we will sustain the great momentum we many Florence area civic organizations degree from the University of South have attained as all of us strive to build including the Florence Chamber of Carolina in 1975. a premier university. Commerce, the Florence Rotary Club, The Coastal Educational and YMCA as well as the Florence ­ Foundation, Inc ., is a nonprofit corpo­ Darlington Technical Foundation . ration which receives and disburses ShouldCoastal DuBard earned a bachelor 's degree from charitable gifts in support of Coastal Wofford College in 1957 and a master's Carolina University . The foundation changeits degree from the University of Tennessee was established in 1954 for the purpose athleticnickname? in 1960. of advancing higher learning in Horry Smith previously served on the CEF County and was instrumental in che Coastal is conducting an online sur­ board from 1993 to 1998. He is a mem­ creation of Coastal. The foundation vey through Nov. 14 on whether to ber of the Executive-in-Residence pro­ meets quarterly . change its athletic nickname. The results gram with Coastal's E. Craig Wall Sr. Coastal Educational Foundation, of the two-week survey will be used as an College of Business Administration . Inc., board members serve five-year terms. assessment tool for the university. To vote visit Coastal's Web site at www.coastal.edu and go to Quick Pop 101 and Virtue Trap to perform Links - Nickname Survey on the front page. Pop 101 and Virtue Trap, Coastal's tunes from the 1960s to the present and Coastal's nickname, the student popular music vocal group and is devoted to writing and performing Chanticleers, was inspired by the faculty rock band, respectively, will per­ high-quality original music as well. quick-thinking rooster in Chaucer's form together on Thursday, Nov. 15 at Members of Virtue Trap include Dan Canterbury Tales. The Chanticleer 7:30 p.m. in Wheelwright Auditorium . Ennis , assistant professor of English, was introduced at Coastal in 1966 The concert is free and open to the public. Steve Hamelman , professor of English , when the institution was a branch Pop 101, under the direction of Steve Nagle , professor of English and campus of the University of South David Bankston , assistant professor of director of Coastal's International Carolina, whose ·athletic teams are music at Coastal, will perform selec­ Programs, and Brian Nance , associate known as the Gamecocks. In 1993, tions by , Eagles, Weezer, professor of history. Coastal became an independent , Five for Fighting and ochers. For more information , call public university. Virtue Trap plays a variety of cover 349-2502 .

2 Joynerto speak in Coastal'sCultural "The Sale of a luncheon series Company" Charles Joyner, South Carolina, Georgia's Sea Islands and Burroughs the Mississippi Delta. conference to be Distinguished Joyner earned a Ph.D. in history held Nov. 15 Professor of from the University of South Carolina Southern History and a Ph.D. in folklore and folklife from Coastal and The Capital and Culture at the University of Pennsylvania. He has Corporation are co-sponsoring "The Coastal, will share been awarded an honorary doctorate Sale of a Company- Exit Strategies and his expertise in from Presbyterian College, where he Wealth Management Issues" conference folklore and folklife earned his undergraduate degree. on Thursday, Nov. 15 from 2 to 6:30 during a luncheon Joyner is the author of Down by the p.m. in Coastal's H . Dale Williams on Tuesday, Nov. 13 from noon to 2 p.m. Riverside (1984), a chronicle of the rice Center for Extended Learning. The fee at the Myrtle Beach Elks BPOE No. plantations of the Waccamaw River, for the conference is $125 which 1771. The fee for the lunch and presen­ which won the National University Press includes program materials and a tation is $17. The event is sponsored by Book Award. His latest book, Shared catered reception. Coastal's School of Continuing Studies. Traditions, is a collection of essayswhich The conference is designed to help During his presentation titled "The illustrate how shared African and individuals and businesses in making Shared Traditions of Southern Culture," European traditions have shaped the the best decisions as to the optimum Joyner will share what he has learned American South. time to sell a company, methods to from four decades of studying folk cul­ For more information or to make a increase the valuation of a company ture in the Appalachians, the Ozarks, reservation, call349-2665. and identification of transference of wealth issues. Presentations and a panel discus­ Millusfeatured in Coastal'sWriters in sion will be led by C. Dan Adams, pres­ ident of The Capital Corporation; the Real World series Thomas Secrest, associate professor of business and director of the Center for Ph.D. in English from Yale University. Donald Economic and Community The Writers in the Real World Millus, professor Development at Coastal; Mark Knight, series was initiated by the Edwards of English at a partner with Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & College of Humanities and Fine Arts in Coastal, will pres­ Pollard, LLC; and Jarratt Bennett, man­ order to showcase South Carolina ent a workshop aging director of Reliam:e Capital authors and to offer a forum for stu­ and lecture for Advisors, Inc. dents, faculty and members of the local Coastal's Writers in The conference will focus on value community who are interested in the the Real World maximizing operating decisions, steps practical aspects of writing. series on Thursday, in the sale process, concerns relating to For more information, call Nov. 15. The the distribution of sale proceeds as well events, which are free and open to the 349-2444 or 349-2712. as tax and estate planning guidelines. public, will be held in the Thomas W. Other topics will include:"Why timing and Robin W. Edwards College of is critical to maximizing the sales Humanities and Fine Arts Building. price?" and "Maximizing the highest The workshop is scheduled from 3 Waccamaw Indian value for your business." to 4:30 p.m. in Edwards 164 and the People lecture The Capital Corporation is an lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m . in investment banking firm serving the Edwards 152. The history, customs and traditions middle market providing merger, · Milius has written several books of the Waccamaw Indian People will be acquisition, valuation and financing including: Wading South: Fishing the the focus of a lecture at Coastal on services to companies in the Southeast. 20th Century Part 11, published in Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in Wall The Capital Corporation maintains October 2001; A Contemplative Fishing 309. Guest speakers will be Chief eight offices in North Carolina, South Guide to the Grand Strand; and Fishing Harold (Running Wolf) Hatcher and Carolina and Georgia. the Southeast Coast. He has written Second Chief Helen (Proud Eagle) To register for the conference, about fishing for Outdoor Life, Salt Blodgett. The event, which is free and contact Coastal's School of Water Sportsman and other publications. open to the public, is sponsored by Continuing Studies at 349-2665 or His essays on baseball and politics have Coastal's Office of Multicultural visit www.thecapitalcorp.com on the appeared in The New York Times and Student Services. Internet. The Charlotte Observer. Milius earned a For information, call 349-2863.

3 Computer science students place well CampusNotes in regionalcompetition Freshman Success Seminar for Science majors Students from Recognizing that students who suc­ Coastal's Department ceed are usually mentored by faculty, of Computer Science Val Dunham, dean of the College of placed in the top 35 Natural and Applied Sciences, saw the out of 77 Southeastern need to develop a Student Success college and university Seminar for incoming science majors. teams competing in the SSEM 111 for science majors is a 200 I Association for one-credit course focusing on assisting Computing Machinery science majors with the transition from (ACM) Southeast USA high school into college. Dunham is in Collegiate his third year of teaching in the pro­ Programming Contest, gram. One of the areas he emphasizes is sponsored by IBM. the importance of having students to Coastal placed third, develop a connection with a faculty fourth and ninth in its member in a specific area of science. division (universities "Teaching the success seminar was without a computer a great experience," said Jessica science graduate program) and 16th, Davisson, a recent marine science grad­ 22nd and 35th overall. The event was uate and peer mentor for the course. "It recently held at Georgia College and Coastal's team coach for the event. really gets you in touch with the fresh­ State University in Milledgeville. "The competing students represent man students and it helps refine your Coastal computer science majors top-quality computer science students public relations skills. who participated in the event were: from across the southeastern region. Davisson is now co-teaching anoth­ Daniel Spivey of Loris, Ryan Karetas of Our students were up to the challenge." er section of the SSEM 111 for science Myrtle Beach, Chris Davies of Conway, Haddad is also a part-time instructor of majors with Penny Oakley, student Levi Bailey of Conway, Chika Ekeji of computer science. services coordinator in the College of Nigeria, Tayfun Karadeniz of Germany, This is the third year Coastal par­ Natural and Applied Sciences. Michael Wisner of Myrtle Beach, John ticipated in the event. Last year, Coastal Wu of Myrtle Beach and Marcus Wu of placed eighth and ninth in its division Myrtle Beach. and 29th and 30th overall. The contest "It is an exciting and valuable expe­ draws students from institutions from rience for our students to participate in throughout South Carolina, Georgia, this prestigious programming competi- Alabama, and Mississippi. Women's Cross Country team captures Big South title Coastal's women's cross country were Lindsey Kozlowski (7th, 18:34), Koppel, who has a perfect 4.0 team captured the Big South Robyn Ritter (9th, 18:52), and GPA, also earned the Big South's top Conference championship recently at Natasha Elliott (10th, 18:53). With academic award in cross country as the Winthrop Lake Course. The their Top IO finishes, each athlete she was selected the Scholar-Athlete Chanticleers, led by five runners plac­ earned Big South All-Conference of the Year in the sport. Michael ing in the Top 10, posted 36 points to honors. Killoran made it a clean sweep of the outdistance their nearest opposition Liberty's Heather Sagan defended Scholar-Athlete honor as he brought Liberty by 20 points. her individual championship with a home the award on the men's side. Junior Kara Koppel led Coastal winning time of 17:38. The Scholar-Athlete Award is voted with a fourth place finish with a per­ In the men's race, Winthrop cap­ on by the league's Sports Information sonal best time of 17:53 in the 5,000- tured the title with 29 points, while Directors. meter event. Freshman Kim Coastal placed seventh with 52 points. Coastal's Alan Connie earned his Nemerguc placed sixth with a time of Senior Campbell Claridge earned his seventh Big South Women's Cross 17:58, becoming just the sixth runner fourth consecutive Big South All­ Country Coach of the Year honor. in Coastal history to run under 18 Conference honor by placing fourth This is his 11th Coach of the Year minutes in a 5,000-meter event. with a time of 25:37 in the 8,000- honor overall as he has won the same Ocher Coastal finishers in the Top I 0 meter race. honor four times in track and field. 4------'I Coastal CarolinaPeople CampusCalendar Facultyand staff are encouragedto submit • Steve Nagle has been elected vice Tuesday, Nov. 13 information to be included in the "Coastal president and president-elect of the • Cultural Luncheon with Charles Carolina People"section of this newsletter. Southeastern Conference on Linguistics . Joyner, Myrtle Beach Elks BPOE No. Information will be publishedfollowing the He will serve for one year and become 1771, noon to 2 p.m. presentationor activity. president next fall. • Bill Pinkney, captain of the Amistad, will speak as Kimbel Lecturer, • Mollie Fout is the new director of • Paul Olsen, Paul Rice and Nelljean Wheelwright Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Career Services. She was coordinator of Rice recently presented several sessions Wednesday, Nov. 14 Career Placement at Coastal from 1988 each at the national College Media • Waccamaw Indian People lecture, to 1998. Prior to returning to Coastal, Advisors Convention in New Orleans. Wall 309, 7 p.m. Fout was director of Career Placement at Olsen's sessions were titled "Magazine Thursday, Nov. 15 Horry-Georgetown Technical College. Design Do's and Don't's," and "Make • "The Sale of a Company" conference, Your Magazine Talk" which discussed the H. Dale Williams Center for • Varavut Limpasuvan co-authored an connections between typography and Extended Learning, 2 to 6:30 p.m. article titled "The North Atlantic content. • Writers in the Real World series, Oscillation and the occurrences of ozone Paul Rice presented "Not Only for featuring Donald Milius, miniholes" with Yvan J. Orsolini of the Effete Snobs: Selecting Poetry and Fiction workshop, Edwards 164, 3 p.m.; Norwegian Institute for Air Research for Your Literary Magazine" and lecture, Edwards 152, 7:30 p.m. (Kjeller, Norway) which appeared in the "Column Writing Do's and Don't's." • Pop 101 Nirtue Trap concert, Nov. 1 issue of the American Geophysical Nelljean Rice moderated two student Wheelwright Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Union's GeophysicalResearch Letters. The sessions - "The Buck Stops Here-Or Friday, Nov. 16 study suggests that recurring climate fluc­ Does It?: The Role of the Magazin ·e • Residence halls and dining halls close tuations over the North Atlantic region Editor" which featured Michael Slattery Monday, Nov. 19 are causing the recently observed thinning and Aaron Beck, the editor and assistant • No classes, Thanksgiving break, trend of the total ozone amount that nor­ editor of Tempo,Coastal's student feature through Friday, Nov. 23 mally shields Northern Europe against magazine, and "Internships from the Saturday, Nov. 24 high levels of ultraviolet radiation. The Students' Point of View" which featured • Residence halls and dining halls article is featured in Nature News. Tom Morrell, Tempo's art director and reopen students from UNC Charlotte and Louisiana State University. Rice also pre­ ATHLETICEVENTS sented a session titled "The In-Depth Monday, Nov. 12 CampusDining Magazine Feature." • Women's Basketball hosts Low In addition, Tempowon two awards in Country All-Stars, 7 p.m The CJNO Grille,located in the Student Center, the Best of Collegiate Design contest - Thursday, Nov. 15 offersselections from the Grille, the Deli or PizzaHut • Men's Soccer at Big South Conference Express. third-place for Table of Contents page The Commons, featuringan all-you-can-eat layout and fifth-place for Cover Design. Tournament, through Nov. 18 menu, is locatedadjacent to the residencehalls. The • Volleyball at Big South Conference weeklymenu follows: Tournament, through Nov. 17 Weckof November12 Saturday, Nov. 17 Monday: GriUedPork Chops; Chicken Caribbean; Spagheni • Women's Basketball hosts Coker, Twsday: Chicken Philly;Beef w/veget ables; VegeciblePesto 7 p.m Wtdnesday: TeriyakiStir Fry; Shrimp and Garlic Saute; • Men's Basketball at Xavier, 7:30 p.m. Chicken Nuggets Wednesday, Nov. 21 Thursday: PolishSausage; Medicerranean Chicken; • Men's Basketball at Georgetown, VegetableCousCous Birthdays Friday: GriUedChicken Ciabarta;Chicken Galveston; 7 p.m. Chicken Fried Steak November 17 Sally Horner • Women's Basketball .at East Tennessee Weckof November26 13 Robert Full 18 Glenn Hanson State, 7 p.m Monday: BBQ Chicken Mdr; TeriyakiBeef; Pasta Marinara Audrey Johnson 19 Arr Wendelken Saturday, Nov. 24 Twsday: PhiUyCheese Steak; Tofu Stir Fry; BeefTtps Charlorre Lewis 20 John Reddic • Men's Basketball hosts Western Wtdnesday: TeriyakiBeef Stir Fry; SpicedChicken Pasta; 14 John Farrelly Millie Taylor Carolina, 7 p.m. Fried Clams Robin Strickland 21 Ernest Smith Monday, Nov. 26 Thursday: Hor Dogs; EggplantParmesan; Gwen Turner 22 Gayle Skipper Spagheniw/mearballs 15 Donald Burgess 23 Sandra Ridenour • Women's Basketball at Campbell, Friday: Hamburgers;Grilled Chicken Sandwich; Randall Cox Bob Squarriglia 5:45 p.m ScuffedTomatoes Gina Markland 25 Jessica Ca4sey Nou: Mmus are subject to change. 16 Richard Dame Arizona Fairwell Food Servicesojfm a 10% discount to allfaculty/staff. 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