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March 24, 2000 i Robbery reported near USC by Patrick Rathbun ( Assistant News Editor Two female USC students were robbed Wednesday morning on College Street, according to USC Spokesman Jason Sny der. The robbery occurred around 2:30 a.m. when the students were returning to their homes, Snyder said. The suspect stole approximately $3, according to the Co lumbia Police incident report. There was no weapon observed by. the victim, according to the report. The victim said tire suspect appraoched from behind, grabbed her right arm and demanded the victim’s money, according to the report. The suspect said, “Give me your mon ny, or I’ll blow your head off,” the report said. The report said the suspect was a 5 foot-10-inch, 180-pound black male be tween the ages of 20 and 25 with a shaved head. The suspect was last seen fleeing in an eastbound direction, wearing black sweat pants and a maroon shirt. The Columbia Police Department’s Public Information Office didn’t return repeated calls for comment from The Gamecock. As of press time, no arrest was re ported. USC Spokesman Jason Snyder said he encourages students to be aware of what’s going on around campus so that they can remain safe. “We want students to know what’s going on on campus.[The robbery] doesn’t 'appear serious. We just want students to keep safety first,” Snyder said. “We don’t want repeats of incidents like this.” Campus cleanup program makes test run by Clayton Kale News Editor Campus might look a little cleaner today because of a new Student Gov ernment-sponsored community service project. The SG on Thursday kicked off Clean Carolina, which will officially be gin in the fall. Twenty-eight student organizations, lauding the Association for African American Students, Carolina Produc tions and numerous Greek organizations, participated in Thursday’s trial run. The project breaks campus into 38 “blocks” and assigns two student orga nizations to pick up trash in each block at least once a month. Signs will be put up in the blocks to signify the or ganizations that have adopted them. The organizations indicated which blocks of campus they would most like to adopt. “AAAS wanted to clean up around the Tree of Knowledge, so they Clean Carolina SEE PAGE 2 Interim deans prevalent at USC by Charles Prashaw Senior Writer Five of the 19 colleges at USC are currently op erating under interim deans. That number was reduced from six to five when USC Provost Jerry Od«n announced recently that the college of Hospitality, Retail and Sports would make former interim dean Palrica Moody the per manent dean of that college. Currently, the colleges of Business, Journal ism and Mass Communications, Education, Engi neering and Music are all operating under interim deans. At the business school, Rodney Roenfeldt has been acting dean since David Schrock left after his contract was up. According to Odom, the business school dean search has taken so long because the school made a verbal offer to a dean at an unnamed big-ten school. At the last minute, the deal fell through, Odom said. Odom said after that, the whole process had to start over. The absence of permanent deans has also af fected many other schools in the nation. Prestige Wharton Business School at Penn State has long been looking for a dean for that college. “Currently, there are 30 business schools in the nation looking for deans,” Odom said. The provost has previously acknowledged dur ing faculty Senate meetings that the search process es have taken longer than expected. Referring to the search for a Business School dean, USC director of public relations Russ McK inney said, “Palms has insisted not to hire adean just to hire a dean.” Some of the searches for permanent deans have taken two years, as is the case for the School of Mu sic. Manuel Alvarez, who was the director of the school for four years, agreed to be the acting dean for two years, before retiring. Odom said three candidates were coming in the spring to interview for the Music dean’s job. According to Odom, the search for a Music School dean should be over by the time Alvarez leaves in June. As for the status of the music school, Alvarez said the school was growing dramatically, and it is in the process of hiring six more faculty members. Individual search committees have been estab lished.to find deans for the various colleges. Faculty members of the schools without deans have already elected representatives for the various search committees that are currently looking for deans. According to Odom, the search committees are made up of appointed members and elected mem bers. Odom selects the appointed members, which might be made of students, alumni, people outside the college who have interest in the college and fac ulty members from other colleges. In the College of Journalism and Mass Com munications, Ronald Farrar has been Interim dean since Dean Judy VanSlyke Turk left. Turk is cur rently on leave without pay at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates to help establish a school of journalism there. Odom said at a Feb. 2 Faculty Senate meeting that Turk had written him to say she was planning to return to USC next year but doesn’t want to re turn as dean of the Journalism school. A search com mittee has been set up for the Journalism dean. But there is no word on the status of the search. As for the members of the search committee, Gordon Smith, the associate dean of the College Deans see page 2 - I Event gives glimpse into Indian culture by Charles Prashaw Senior Writer The USC Indian Cultural Exchange (ICE) group will hold a diversify session of dancing, traditional and modem Indian fashions Saturday night. Indian Night, an event designed to raise awareness of the Indian Culture, will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Richland North east High School, off Decker Boulevard. Tickets to the event are $ 10 in advance and $12 at the door. “The purpose of the event is to expose people to the different cultures of India,” Cultural Chairperson for ICE Nicky Puddan said. “This is probably one of the biggest and most important events we do all year.” This is the second year the event has been held, and it includes students from the University of Georgia and the College of Charleston. Last year, the event drew more than 500 people, and this year more than 750 people are expected. “We are probably the most active new organization on campus,” cofounder and president Anand Jobanputra said. According to Jobanputra, the ICE group was started last year in order for peo ple of Indian hertiage to connect to their ethnic roots. The group has held volley ball tournaments, chaperoned youth groups, social auctions and other hind-raising events. “ICE brings us together to learn about our culture,” said Gaurav Shah, freshman ICE member. At the event, modem and traditional Indian culture will be presented. Soph more ICE member Radtiika Jobanputra said she would be taking part in the garbo/raas traditional dance, which was featured in the Indian movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam. When asked if USC was a diverse cam pus, President Jobanputra said, “USC groups should do more co-programing.... We aren’t really a diverse university if cultural groups don’t come together and do stuff togeth er. We really can’t call ourselves diverse if we don’t interact with other people than our own kind.” As for the recent tensions between In dia and Pakaistan over border disputes, President Jobanputra would not say any thing official, because he did not want to speak for the whole group His sister, Radhika Jobanputra, said, “Nothing should lead to violence, and they should try to work tlieir problems out peace fully. The two nations should work on their religious differences, as well.” “We have put an unbelievable amount of time into this show,” Radhika Joban putra said. “Our president and cultural chair have worked really hard to put this on, and without them the show wouldn’t be pos sible.” Next year, the group plans to hold the event at The Koger Center for the Arts. Anyone interested in purchasing tick ets in advance should contact Anand Joban putra at 544-2069. Travis Lvnn The Gamecock Indian Night Is an event to raise awareness of Indian culture. The second annual show, to be held at Richland Northeast High School, will feature traditional and modem Indian fash ions, as well as other aspects of Indian culture. ‘USC groups should do more co-programming. We aren't really a diverse university if cultural groups don't come together and do stuff together. We really can’t call ourselves diverse, if we don’t interact with other people other than our own kind.’ An and Jobanputra ICE president Unity and service among topics at Student Government inauguration by Brandon Larrabee Associate News Editor Emphasizing themes of unity and ser vice to the student body, Student Gov ernment President Jotaka Eaddy, Vice Pres ident Corey Ford and Treasurer Ricky Shah were inaugurated Wednesday at Rutledge Chapel. Senators were also inaugurated at the ceremony. In their inaugural addresses, the three executive officers spoke about uni ty and serving the students that elected them. Eaddy said she was ready to take of fice. “I stand ready to serve this term with the integrity that the Carolina Creed calls for,” Eaddy said in her inaugural address. "It is now time for me to give back to this university only a portion of what it has given to me,” she said. Eaddy also said she intended to repre sent USC students during her term as pres ident. “For now, I no longer stand as Jotaka Eaddy, but 1 stand as a representative of 26,000 students,” Eaddy said. “1 become them and they me.” Eaddy also talked about her “Contract with Carolina,” the list of goals she re leased during her bid for the presidency. “A Contract for Carolina is what 1 serve and what I give to the university,” she said. Eaddy encouraged SG officers to “leave a legacy here at this university.” “If you reach for the moon, and if you happen to slip and fall, you can always land on a star,” she said. “Good leaders lead other people,” Ead dy said. “Great leaders inspire other peo ple to lead themselves.” In his inaugural address, Ford also talked about serving the student body. “Now we must strive together as one Student Government to press the concerns of our constituents,” Ford said. “We must uplift the goals of the stu dent body,” he said. He admitted that many of the goals SG has for USC are considered “unreason able.” “A lot of the proposals you and I have are lost causes that are unlikely to be en acted,” Ford said. But he encouraged the new officials to try to get proposals enacted anyway. “If you have any new idea, try it,” Ford said. “See where you can go.” “History is made by those who are will ing to take a stand,” he said. R)td also quoted Robert Kennedy state ImauQURATToN see page 2 Amt Goulding Photo Editor SG Vice President Corey Ford gives his Inaugural address Wednesday In the Rutledge Chapel as he and other SG officers were sworn Into office. Unity and service were among the topics discussed in the elected officers’ speeches. Today , 74 52 Saturday L 75 ' 54 Baseball continues its winning ways Page 8 Friday Saturday • Intramural Tennis Dou bles begin • Round Table Gaming Society, noon to 11:45 p.m. % Are salaries for USC employees equitable across departments? Yes-74% No-26% Look for next week's poll question in Monday’s edition W The Gamecock. *