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REPUBLICANS RULE.
The nine freshmen senatorsconsist of three Democrats andsix Republicans. They comefrom a variety of backgrounds,from business and engineeringto law and real estate. Five of the new senators previouslyserved in the Legislature. PhilShoopman, R-Greenville, MickMulvaney, R-Lancaster,Creighton Coleman, D-Fair-field, and John Scott, D-Colum-bia, are moving up from seatsin the House of Representa-tives.
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IT’S AN ALL-BOYS CLUB.
This freshman class joins theonly all-male state Senate inthe country. Coleman replacesSen. Linda Short of Chester, who resigned earlier this year,and Tom Davis, Gov. MarkSanford’s former chief of staff,defeated Sen. Catherine Ceipsof Beaufort in the Republicanprimary. It has been almostthree decades since the SouthCarolina Senate convened with-out a female member.
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MORE SANFORDINFLUENCE
Gov. Mark Sanford appearsto have picked up addedsupport to bring pressureto pass more of hisagenda. Davis,Mulvaney andDorchester’s MikeRose are likelySanford allies.
By WAYNE WASHINGTON
 wwashington@thestate.com
Harris Pastides will be offi-cially installed as USC’s pres-ident in a pomp-filled cere-mony today at the KogerCenter for the Arts.Pastides, 54, succeeded An-drew Sorensen as president in July. In an interview in his of-fice Thursday, Pastides said heexpects the investiture to be ahumbling experience.“I will probably this week-end pause, be humbled, cele-brate with friends, family andmembers of the university andstate community, and thencome back to it Monday morn-
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SOUTH CAROLINA DEATHS
In Business:
 Whittle’s pay under U.S. Treasury scrutiny, report says.
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Dorothy Blackburn,
Kingstree
Burnes Blanding,
Manning
Erline Boltz,
Kershaw
James Bowers,
Lancaster
Linda Broome,
Cheraw
Jessie Mae Brown,
Ulmer
Margaret Brown,
Patrick
Jacqueline Cameron,
 Winnsboro
Mary Cumbee,
Dillon
 Arnetta Dunmore,
Columbia
Mae Edmundson,
Lexington
Esther Edwards,
Cayce
John Evans,
Sumter
Sarah Hawkins,
Hartsville
Johnnie Holladay,
Lexington
Frank InabnitæJr.,
Clemson
Judy Jackson,
Mullins
Lucille Jirel,
Columbia
 Willie Johnson,
Fairfax
John JohnsonæJr.,
Sumter
Lilyan Jones,
Newberry
Ophelia Lee,
Conway
Margaret Lovelace,
Orangeburg
Barbara Mangual,
Columbia
Tony McCaskill,
Bennettsville
Coreen Page,
Columbia
Josephine Parker,
Swansea
Neida Parker,
Pelion
Mozelle Pinckney,
Orangeburg
Paul RabbæJr.,
 Jenkinsville
Lethia Richardson,
Ridgeway
Rev. Robert Roberts,
Newberry
Evelyn Rogers,
Mullins
Louise Rucker,
St. Matthews
Frances Sanderson,
Dillon
Charlie SaxonæJr.,
Fairfax
Clarence SellersæIV,
Orangeburg
Sam Smith,
Pageland
James StewartæJr.,
Columbia
Eugene Taylor,
Columbia
 Alford Tillman,
Columbia
 Anna Volp,
 White Rock
David Walker,
 Winnsboro
Carrie Walters,
Lancaster
Beverly Washington,
Sumter
DETAILS, DEATHSELSEWHERE,
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 WANT TOGO?
 What
:
Investi- ture of USCpresident HarrisPastides
 When
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Today,3:30 p.m.
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here
 
: KogerCenter for thePerforming Artsat 1051Greene St.
Cost
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Free, open to the public
Director of medical care workedabout a year after fraud charge
Indictedofficialstayedon job
IF YOU GO
Village Artists is a collaborative gallery effort of local artists.The public is invited to several events to check out the new  space at the Village at Sandhill.
THE FACTS
Location:
Town Center on Promenade Place, next to Panera Bread
General gallery hours:
10 a.m.-9 p.m., weekdays and Saturdays,noon-6 p.m. Sundays. The gallery will be open until Dec. 31.
THIS WEEKEND’S EVENTS
Refreshments will be served at each.
Tonight, 6-8 p.m.:
Meet the Artists Party
Tonight and Saturday, 6-8 p.m.:
Open house receptions
3 THINGS ...
about the S.C.Senate freshmen
The South Carolina Senate welcomed its 2009 freshman class to the State House on Thursday.Three things you should know about the new lawmakers.
Village Artists
Pastides expectshumblingexperience
USC to installnew presidenttoday in ceremonyEmpty storefront becomesgallery for affordable paintings
Sandhill gallery showcases Midlands art
S.C. DEPARTMENTOF CORRECTIONS
ERIK CAMPOS/ECAMPOS@THESTATE.COM
Rachel Cullum, of Ridgeway, surveys works at Village Artists gallery at the Village at Sandhill.
By LEE HIGGINS
lhiggins@thestate.com
The Department of Corrections official in chargeof medical care for the state’s 24,000 inmates workedfor about a year after being indicted on two charges,including a felony fraud charge.Russell H. Campbell, Jr., deputy director over med-ical and health services, was charged Nov. 14, 2007 with defrauding an insurance company for a $5,000life insurance policy on his father.Campbell, a member of director Jon Ozmint’s ex-ecutive staff, was suspended Wednesday without pay,a prisons spokesman said.“As soon as the Department of Corrections be-came aware of the indictments or any criminalcharges against Russell Campbell, he was suspended,” Josh Gelinas said. “We, as agency, became aware thathe had been indicted Tuesday night.”Campbell also was charged last November with amisdemeanor offense of making a false statement tocollect on the policy for his deceased father, RussellH. Campbell, Sr.The charges were filed by the state attorney gen-
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By NICK McCORMAC
 Special to The State
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urning a blank canvas into a work of art is a skill Tommie Toner takespride in.So it’s no surprise she jumped at thechance to help transform a long-emptystorefront at Village at Sandhill into agallery showcasing local artists.Toner is one of 26 area artists display-ing their work at Village Artists, a newgallery dedicated to bringing attention tosome of the Midlands’ most talented arti-sans.It is slated to stay open through theend of the year — though if things go well,the doors could stay open even longer.“I love that the gallery is all local,”Toner said. “This is a great opportunity forpromotion and helps spread the wordabout our great local artists.”The gallery, which marks its opening with several public events starting tonight,has moved into Town Center on Prome-nade Place.Local artists operate the gallery — an-swering phones, for example — and paintduring business hours. Works on display include oil, acrylicand watercolor paintings from such localartists as Erica Hoyt and Rita Smith.
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