The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, September 14, 2001, Image 2
POLICE REPORT
Each numbered symbol on the map represents a single crime that
corresponds with the numbered descriptions in the list below it.
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□ 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.
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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.
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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.