Activities in 1999 - 2000

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      Of the Center's notable activities of academic year 1999-2000 perhaps the most notable were the "The Catherine Lewis Festival: A Celebration of Horry County," and the seminar on "Constitutional Conflicts Between the Right to a Free Press and the Right of the Accused to a Fair Trial."

      "The Catherine Lewis Festival: A Celebration of Horry County, South Carolina," named in honor of the late historian of Horry County, brought to the campus in September a multitude of writers, playwrights, historians, photographers, and filmmakers who have been inspired in their art by Horry County. Participants included writers Franklin Burroughs, Blanche Floyd, Rod Gragg, Marcus Smith, and Randall Wells; historians Wink Prince, Roy Talbert, Jr., and Stuart Pabst; filmmaker Betsy Newman, photographer Jack Thompson, poet and playwright William Sessions, and the Cheryl Ward Singers.

      "Constitutional Conflicts Between the Right to a Free Press and the Right of the Accused to a Fair Trial" was a "Socratic Dialogue" conducted by Arthur Miller, Bruce Bromley Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School, and a panel including Jerry Ausband, Editorial Page Editor of the Sun News; Jay Bender, attorney for the South Carolina Press Association and the South Carolina Broadcasters Association; Claudia Smith Brinson, editorial columnist of The State; Lee Bollinger, a professor of journalism at Coastal Carolina University; Thomas C. Brittain, prominent defense attorney; Reuben Greenberg, Chief of Police of Charleston; David Harwell, former Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court; and Ralph Wilson, former Solicitor of Horry County.

      Another notable activity of the Center during 1999-2000 was a reception and reading in honor of Genevieve Chandler Peterkin and William Baldwin upon the publication of her book Heaven Is a Beautiful Place, by the University of South Carolina Press. The reception was held in the Wall Building, May 9, 2000.