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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
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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.
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Baseball
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Friday
Saturday
• Intramural Tennis Dou
bles begin
• Round Table Gaming
Society, noon to 11:45
p.m.
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Are salaries for USC
employees equitable
across departments?
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