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^ October 25, 1999 - -. • || e Caroli na Community since 1Q08 ....... Moore falls in women's listing by Patrick Rathbun Senior Writer Darla Moore, USC’s business-school benefactor, has made Fortune magazine’s list of the “50 Most Powerful Women” in American business. Moore, a South Carolina native, fell on the list from 19th in 1998 to 45th this year. The list was in today’s issue of For tune. Rod Roenfeldt, interim dean of the Darla Moore School of Business, said the school would be unaffected by the re At rankings. “It has no impact on us,” he said. USC spokesman Jason Snyder agreed the school would be unharmed by For tune's list. I can t see how it would [allect USC],” Snyder said. “1 can’t see how it has any bearing. I’m not sure how much weight [die list] carries.” Moore, 45, is an investment special ist from Lake City. She’s the president of Rainwater Inc., an investment firm in New York Gty owned by her husband, Richard Rainwater. She was graduated from USC in 1976 with a political science degree. She serves on USC’s board of trustees, the Governor’s Commission for Teacher Qual ls which reviews teacher cerdficadons, recruitment and retention, and the S.C. Chamber of Commerce Educational Ex cellence Commission. Fortune editors said Moore dropped in ranking because of two recent Rainwa ter investments that failed to attract ex citement. Fortune also said Moore’s fu ture undertakings include reforming the finances of Soudi Carolina. In March 1998, Moore donated $25 million to improve programs at the busi ness school. In May of that year, Moore said South Carolina’s public school sys t^i was “borderline Third World” in its quality. 1 Getting ‘dressed up’ for charity Sean Rayford photo editor Juniors Jennifer Wood, right, and Maria Falglone, of USC’s equestrian team, take their place Saturday on the haunted hay ride. The team co-sponsored the event with the Irish Oaks Equestrian Center. In the process of giving back to the community, the team raised about $150 for the Columbia Animal Mission. I _ _ Virtual families help pharmacy students leam by Clayton Kale Associate News Editor First-year pharmacy professional stu dents are concerned about Joe Green Green, 50, suffers from stomach pain; and rarely exercises, and his job as a true! driver isn’t conducive to a healthy ap petite. And his family has a history of color cancer. Green is scheduled for tests to de termine whether he, too, has cancer. In real life, Joe Green would have rea son to be concerned. But he isn’t the av erage Joe. Green is a “virtual patient” in < College of Pharmacy database of 16 chil drert and adults, each with different health problems. Green and the other “virtual patients’ are subjects in a required pharmacy lab for students who are beginning the firs’ year of their professional pharmacy edu cation. The lab, which covers foursemesters has long been a part of pharmacy educa tion. But the virtual families are a new com ponent, and the College of Pharmacy i: the first to use them as a part of pharma cy education, according to Cliff Fuhrman, a pharmacy faculty member who devel oped the concept with colleagues Wayne Buff and Tom Brady. “We developed the virtual families concept to help students become more computer literate, to know how to use technology to find information ’and to be able to go quickly to Wfeb sites with health, medical and pharmaceutical information, and to develop critical-thinking skills,” Fuhrman said. “We want this part of their education to help them put information that they have found into a practical setting,” he said. Each of the 60 students enrolled in' the course is assigned a virtual family, con sisting of a child, an adult male, a female of childbearing age and a senior citizen. Each week, the students will get a new problem related to one of their patients. They then have 24 hours to research the problem and respond to their instructor via e-mail with answers to the ques Pharmacy see page 2 Committee discusses Greene Street safety More lighting, fewer trees planned between campus and Five Points by Mackenzie Craven Senior Writer The university Safety Committee discussed issues Thursday, including lighting, call boxes, USC police officers’ salaries, the intersection at Sumter and College streets and campus safe ty issues. According to committee Director Richard Conant, the city has agreed to install four new lights between Greene Street and Five Points. It will also be trimming some of the trees and bushes in that area. The department of Housing, the athletic de partment and the division of business and fi nance will also allocate $30,000 for the install. Iation of more call boxes on campus. Calvin Gallman, of the division of law en forcement and safety, recommended making the call boxes more visible during the daytime and providing more sips for them. Frank Mims, maintenance director, said his department might be able to use orange and white reflector tape to help the call boxes stand out; now, they’re an antique copper color. Mims said “stickers or something would work pretty well” because during the day, the red light above the box “doesn’t do much good.” Conant also introduced the USC Police De partment’s request for more funding and asked for the committee’s approval of the letter re questing a salary increase. According to Conant, officers want an increase because they’re being paid less than officers in Richland and Lexing ton counties. USCPD Officer Henry Gaibade said: “Our officers are some of the best-trained officers in the entire state, probably in the nation. “What’s happening is the salaries have gone up in other local agencies in the area, and our officers are saying, i’m here, I’m trained,’ and then Richland County and Columbia Police Department officers have a better composi tion package, and that’s what’s been happen ing,” he said. The committee also discussed problems with the intersection at Sumter and College streets. Students have already requested that “don’t walk” signs be placed at the intersection because many pedestrians are running in front of cars. However, the head of the city in that area recorded how many people used the cross walk for an hour during the afternoon. Because few people crossed the street, the city is un likely to make any adjustments. ' “People push the button and walk on the red light. Almost nobody uses it, or they walk on the red light, so they jaywalk anyway,” Co ~SAFETY- SEE PAGE 2 Call boxes to go up soon Call boxes are slated to be installed at the following locations when funding is secured: © Wardlaw College parking lot © Pendleton and Pickens streets © Parking area between Maxcy College and Flinn Hall © Whaley and Bull streets © Whaley and Pickens streets, at Carolina Garden apartments # Pendleton and Barnwell streets, outside Columbia Hall 1 WUSC-FM takes part in Homecoming parade . > . . ..... ' ' ' ' if -—-— Amy Goulding The gamecock Disc Jockeys from campus radio station WUSC-FM participate In the Homecoming parade Friday afternoon. The parade wound Its way around much of campus, Including the Horseshoe. Health, safety inspections end today by Patrick Rathbun Senior Writer Today is the last day that residence hall health and safety inspections will be per formed in dorms across campus. The inspections, which started Oct. 9, are done twice a semester, and inspectors look for “things that might be hazardous,” according to Associate Director for Resi dence Life Mel Morris. The inspections are performed by resi dence life coordinators in October, and res ident advisers or residence hall directors and residence life coordinators at Thanksgiving. Morris said there are a number of haz ards to check for in the dorm rooms. “We look for fire hazards and things that have some type of negative impact for stu dents concerning health and safety,” she said. Morris said the main health and safety concerns included pets, candles, weapons, cooking equipment with open burners, or anything with open flames. She also said the inspections serve as an “opportunity to see if something needs to be fixed” in the rooms. Inspectors are only allowed to look at what’s in plain sight, and not search, according to Morris. i Morris said violations of health and safe ty are handled differently, depending on the severity of the circumstance. She gave the example of a handgun being found in a room, which would result in the immediate removal of the student in violation. On the other hand, a used candle found in the room would re sult in a warning, and the student would be asked to remove the item. If a student were found in violation of having an open flame, he would be fined $25, she said. Morris said that if illegal drugs were found in a dorm room, the police would be noti fied; the discovery of alcohol would result in a talk with the student in violation and the subsequent enforcement of the alcohol pol icy. Morris also stressed caution in dealing with potential fire hazards, including incense, cigarettes, open flames, irons, extension cords ‘We treat health and safety very seriously. I think that the most important thing is that [the inspections] raise awareness about things that are possible violations, and get the message out that every one’s safety is important. We want to maintain as safe an environment as possible.’ Mel Morris, Associate Director of Residence Life and cooking, especially during Halloween because of the many flammable decorations. Morris said students’ safety is a very im portant and serious issue. “We treat health and safety very seri ously,” she said. “1 think that the most im portant thing is that [the inspections] raise awareness about things that are possible vi Inspection see page 2 10DAY 68 35 1 UhiDAY 71 37 Inside Gamecocks drop a close game to Vandy Rage 9 Today • Fraternity Council, 4 p.m.,RH 322/326. • Sorority Council, 5 p.m„ RH 322/326. •CP, 3:30, RH. Tuesday • AAAS, 6 p.m., RH Theater. •FOCUS, 8:15 p.m., Women’s Club. • S.C. Student Legislature, 9 p.m. • Dance Marathon, 8 p.m. • Spring Boaiii 5:30 p.m. • RHA, 7 p.m., RH 307 Online Poll ^ =., s «v< Mmmm® < ■. Do you think there are I enough call boxes on L^jcampus? j — Go to www.gajniecock.sc.edu to vote in this week’s poll.