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POLICE REPORT Each numbered symbol on the map represents a single crime that corresponds with the numbered descriptions in the list below it. DAY CRIMES $ □ Violent crimes ■ \ NIGHT CRIMES (6a.rn.-6-p.rn.) \ q Nonviolent crimes^! ( <6P^-6a-m-) □ O CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS Thursday, Sept. 6 ® AUTO BREAK-IN, 300 SUMTER ST. A male student said someone broke the rear passenger-side window of his vehicle and-stole a CD player and radio. Estimated value: $200. Reporting officer: J. Clarke. Sunday, Sept. 9 ® GRAND LARCENY OF MOTOR VEHICLE, 1328 WHEAT ST. A female student said someone stole her vehicle from the Blatt PE Center parking lot. Total estimated value of car: $3,000. Reporting officer: R.A. Whitlock. Monday, Sept. 10 ® LARCENY OF BIKE, 815 ASSEMBLY ST. A male student said someone removed his bike from the rack in front of the School of Music. Johnson said it, a blue BMX mountain bike, had been secured to the rack with a lock. Estimated value: $100. Reporting officer: E. Pereria. © AUTO BREAK-IN, 1405 WHALEY ST. A male student said someone broke into his vehicle and stole the following books: Internet Retailing, Human Resource Management, Drama and Small Business. Total estimated value of books: $220. Reportingbfficer: N.U. Beza. ® AUTO BREAK-IN, 1420 PENDLETON ST. A male student said someone broke his driver’s side vent window. The following items were missing: one Alpine stereo, a black Jan Sport book bag, a black duffel bag, a Bryans baseball glove and various items of clothing. Total estimated value of items: $650. Reporting officer: R. Whitlock. Tuesday, Sept. 11 © ATTEMPTED MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, 1600 SENATE ST. Reporting Officer C.N. Ettenger found a male student’s driver’s side window broken. Several items had been removed from inside the car. Ettenger found damage done to the desk and steering column in an apparent attempt to start the vehicle. Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to find Witherspoon. □ BOMB THREAT, PATTERSON HALL A female student said she received a call from an unknown male who threatened to blow up the police department. The investigation continues. Rpnnrtinp nffirpr*1 M T. OnnHin^ O AUTO BREAK-IN, 1321 WHALEY ST A male student said he returned to his car to find the rear driver’s-side window broken. Glass was located on the ground and inside the car. The steering column cover was missing. Two Mountain Dew bottles were emptied into the car. The bottles were taken as evidence. Estimated damage: $50. Reporting officer: A.R. Ross O ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE, SOUTH TOWER A female student received a phone call in which the caller identified himself as the fire marshal and told her to be careful. Reporting officer: J.F. Aspedon. SDIC interviews deans Committee aims for increase in USC’s efficiency BY ADAM BEAM THE GAMECOCK The Strategic Directives and Initiatives Committee (SDIC) has begun its first round of meetings with college deans, hearing from four colleges on Aug. 28 and Sept. 4. SDIC, a committee of USC fac ulty and staff, was formed in ear ly August and has been meeting twice weekly since then. The committee’s job is to examine the structure of the university and develop ideas to improve its effi ciency. “They have been well-pre pared, cooperative and they have represented their colleges well,” said newly appointed budget di rector Bill Bragdon. Originally on the SDIC as a supporter, Bragdon said he as sumed the budget director’s role after he was promoted to a full member. “This will be a long process,” Bragdon said. “Revenue for the state departments is at a mini mum right now, and it doesn’t look good in the future. I think be cause of this fall of revenue in the state it is important that this com mittee come up with some pow erful recommendations of things that can be done.” Peter Sederberg, dean of the Honors College, was the first dean to go before the SDIC on Aug. 28. Sederberg was informed on Aug. 17 of his time slot, giving him 10 days to prepare his presentation. “I did map out some significant chunks in several days,” Seder berg said. “I worked on it signifi cantly the weekend before, but a lot of the materials that I needed to support the presentation I al ready had ... and it was only a process of organizing around the 10 points and then pulling them from a variety of sources.” Sederberg had 30 minutes to make his case for the Honors Col lege, not including a 15-minute question-and-answer period at its conclusion. After presenting data from 1980,1990 and 2001, Sederberg used the college’s good track record as a defense from budget CUIS. “We have met the goals that we set out, and we are recognized as one of the best honors colleges in the country,” Sederberg said. “If the goal of the university remains attracting top students through a quality academic program, then the Honors College is an essential part of the university’s mission.” Sederberg stressed the Honors College’s dependence on other colleges and said that if the other colleges are healthy, then it doesn’t matter if the Honors Col lege is well funded. “Our health is reflected in the health of our partners,” Seder berg said. “If the university must act in a way that affects the health of our partners... then the appro priate response would be to re duce the size of the honors college where the level of quality would be maintained at the level of the resources that are available to support it.” College of Pharmacy Dean Farid Sadik took his turn before the committee on Sept. 4. After describing the quality of students and faculty, Sadik stressed the shortage of pharmacists in the state and nation as an incentive to keep the college open. “To be honest, we have run the college in a very judicious man ner,” Sadik said. “I showed [the SDIC] how we were very cautious in our spending and that the sav ings we have made have enabled us to expand and to improve the quality of our program.” Out of approximately 220 ap plications received every year, the College of Pharmacy accepts 72 students—prompting Sadik to call the college the “best-kept se cret at the university.” “I don’t really see anything that [the SDIC] is going to cut,” Sadik said. “They were very sup portive and impressed with the presentation.” Other deans weren’t so opti mistic. “The job of the committee isn’t really to make you feel good or even to pat you on the back,” said Harris Pastides, Dean of the School of Public Health. “Their job is to be fair and ask tough questions.” Pastides said that although the SDIC is stressful and makes the students and faculty anxious, he feels it is a good thing. “The university has not been ... adequately funded for a long time, and I think that the com mittee is hoping to stop the cycle of colleges being superficially ... funded and try and figure out where some reorganization can occur,” he said. “Obviously, I’d SDIC Meeting Dates SEPT. 18 Mary Ann Parsons, Nursing Gary Crawley, Science and Math SEPT. 20 Frank Raymond, Social Work Joan Stewart, Liberal Arts SEPT. 25 Pat Moody, HRSM Henry Price, Journalism SEPT. 27 Larry Faulkner, School of Medicine Joel Smith, Business OCT. 2 Chris Plyler, Regional Campuses/Continuing Education OCT. 4 Bruce Coull, Environment OCT. 23 Don Greiner, Office of the Provost Public Forums SEPT. 18 5:30 p.m.to 7 p.m., Belk Auditorium be disappointed if we suffered a cut, but I would also be disap pointed if the report wasn’t bold and didn’t recommend strategies for the future.” The SDIC will meet through October with deans of all of the colleges. The SDIC hears presentations in Osborne 107C from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the scheduled dates. S.C. sets up donation funds Funds created to aid in recovery from attacks BY GREG HAMBRICK THE GAMECOCK State officials, community ser vice organizations and local busi nesses have come together to as sist New York City and Washing ton, D.C. in recovering from Tuesday’s attacks. Gov. Jim Hodges announced yesterday the creation of the “South Carolina Cares” fund to help families and governments re cover from the terrorist attacks. “Many South Carolinians have, expressed a desire to help the vic tims of Tuesday’s events,” said Hodges. “This fund will allow South Carolinians to make con tributions to help our fellow Americans.” The fund, organized by the Governor’s Office and the Amer ican Red Cross, has already re ceived more than $325,000 in con tributions. Cristi Mroch, spokeswoman for the American Red Cross, said the donations to “South Carolina Cares” would go exclusively to the Disaster Relief Fund. That means the funds will not only be used in recovering from the Tues day attack, but also for other dis asters around the world. “What we have to realize is that we’re also in the middle of hurricane season,” Mroch said. The governor invited South Carolina colleges and high schools to take donations during football games for the next few weeks. He asked that civic groups from around the state help collect donations as well. The Red Cross also continues to take blood donations. As re sources are straining under the Where to make contributions to victims THE “SOUTH CAROLINA “SEPTEMBER 11” FUND CARES” FUND Call 600-8550 Call 737-0730 or mail to: or visit Columbia Mall South Carolina Cares, c/oThe American Red Cross PO Box 9035 Greenville, SC vast number of people who want to donate, they are asking that donors go to the headquarters at the Columbia Center on 2751 Bull St to give blood. Mroch even suggests schedul ing an appointment, though it would mean coming in sometime next week. Walk-ins currently wait more than two hours to give. Moreover, the center will be closed next Sun day to collect donations at Ft. Jackson. The United Way has teamed with WOLO-TV, Nortel and the Community Foundation to create the “September 11” fund. Dona tions are being accepted by tele phone and at Columbia Mall. Organizers felt the mall would be an ideal location to accommo date those people who could not donate by phone. Donations to the “September 11” fund will go to various service organizations throughout New York. FLAG FERVOR Citizens show patriotism after violent attacks ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA, S.C. - Marlene Menger found herself in the midst of a patriotic fervor during her lunch break Thursday. While the systems consultant admits she’s never owned an American flag, she eagerly bought banners for her co-work ers at a local flag shop. After Tuesday’s terrorist at tacks in New York and Washing ton, many people swarmed stores and waited in line for up to 30 minutes to purchase flags. Most wanted to see one waving outside their home, on their car antenna or at their workstation. “I think we ought to have a flag in every American’s hand,” Menger said, showing off 40 post card-sized flags in the crowded store. Shoppers tried to avoid bump ing into each other while they scoured half-empty displays look ing for the perfect-sized Stars and Stripes. They selected from 3-feet by-5-feet cotton flags and large, weatherproof banners, among other styles. Prices ranged from $10 to $30 at some stores. At Hiller Hardware, 20 flags were left from the previous night’s shipment of 144. Typical ly, only a handful are sold each year. “We’ve been selling them all Firefighters hung an American flag from the roof of the Pentagon, photo by george bridges/krt campus day like not cakes, said ueDDie Hampton, the owner’s wife. Hampton said she was im pressed by a Boy Scout troop that purchased a flag to display out side its meeting place. “I think most of the young peo ple that never lived through a war have a new sense of patrio tism,” she said. “I know I cer tainly do.” Gov. Jim Hodges proclaimed Friday, Saturday and Sunday “South Carolina Patriotism Weekend.” He urged residents to fly flags at half-staff through Sun day. “As Americans, we should raise our flags this weekend and wave them as symbols of our pride, strength and solidarity,” Hodges said. Anthony Moye, dressed in camouflage and boots, was on his way to Charleston for a weekend drill when he stopped at Col umbia Flag and Display on rnursaay. The company commander said a flag always flies outside his home, but this week the ac tion seemed even more impor tant. !‘This is a time when all peo ple who are Americans, regard less of black, white or whomev er, should unite,” he said. Moye also sees irony in the flag-buying enthusiasm that has followed the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. “It’s sad that an event like this has to happen to unite every one,” he said. “It’s twofold.” Menger said the tragedy has brought her American and for eign-born co-workers together. Buying flags for everyone dis plays their solidarity, she said. “We need to find love inside ourselves and show appreciation for each other,” she said. “It’s medicine for this evil we’ve had.” Investigators search country for possible collaborators BY JOHN SOLOMON ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - U.S. investiga tors pressed Thursday to identify terrorist collaborators who might still be in a position to strike more Americans, and agents located critical “black boxes” from two of Tuesday’s hijacked planes. Four U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that authorities are investigating the possibility that some terrorists involved with Tuesday’s plots are still at laree. The FBI searched the country and abroad for possible suspects with recent flight training or ties to the hijackers or their backers, or who had tried to enter the Unit ed States recently, said these offi cials, who would speak only on condition of anonymity. Agents have been examining manifests of flights that weren’t hijacked on Tuesday .trying to find people who fit this profile, the of ficials said. The concerns are also being dri ven by fresh intelligence suggest ing a continuing threat, the offi cials added. The data “suggests we haven’t seen the end of this current threat,” one U.S. official said. He cited concerns that terrorists might strike in another way now that airport security has been beefed up. Signs of fear were everywhere. The U.S. Capitol was evacuated for a suspicious package, and New York’s airports were temporarily closed to incoming flights. One man was arrested in New York with a fake pilot’s identification. A security ring around the White House was widened. Investigators recovered a black box flight recorder from the hi jacked plane that went down in Pennsylvania, and picked up a sig nal from the recorder in the jet that slammed into the Pentagon. The recorders could contain in formation about the last minutes of the hijacked commercial jetlin ers. T-niT n_i „1 A Dill -1_ said the recorder in Pennsylvania was found at about 4:20 p.m. EDT in the 8-foot crater caused by the crash. Crowley said the recorder would be analyzed by the National Transportation Safety Board. “We’re hoping it will have some information pertinent to what happened on the plane,” Crowley said. “This development is going to help a lot.” Overseas, German authorities said three of the terrorists who died in the suicide attacks were part of a group of Islamic extrem ists in Hamburg who have been planning attacks on the United States. Hamburg investigators said two of the terrorists were Mo hamed Atta, 33, and Marwan Al shehhi, 23, whose training at a Florida flight school has been the focus of intense FBI interest this week. The German investigators said the two were from the Unit ed Arab Emirates. Acting on a tip from the FBI, police in Hamburg detained one man and were seeking another. The police did not say how the de tainee might have been linked to the attacks. An FBI official was headed for the Azores Islands to interview two Iranians detained a week ago after they tried to travel to Canada with fake passports, authorities said. Mexican Defense Secretary Gen. Rafael Macedo said officials erne searching the country for at least nine people who might have helped plan the attacks. > Attorney General John Ash croft said a total of 18 hijackers took over the four planes. The Jus tice Department had planned to release the hijackers’ names and photos, but pulled back late Thursday. All were ticketed passengers but some may have used aliases, officials said. Elsewhere, authorities were look ing for a Muslim cleric who previ ously was questioned by prosecu tors in the 1990s embassy bombings case linked to bin Laden. The cleric, Moataz Al-Hallak, left the Northeast on Monday, the day before the attacks, and trav eled to Texas, according to au thorities and his lawyer. Al-Hallak’s lawyer, Stanley Co hen, said FBI agents want to ques tion his client about whether he told people about the attacks be fore they occurred.