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USC business school honored BY KEVIN FELLNER THE GAMECOCK The Darla Moore School of Business at USC was ranked 49th for undergraduate business education in U.S. News and World Report's annual college edition, published Sept. 17. Earlier this year, the U.S. News had ranked the Moore School of Business the top un dergraduate international busi ness program. The rankings reaffirm a tra dition of national recognition for the USC business program. It’s also the eleventh consecutive year the graduate international business program has been ranked higher than third. “We’re pleased with the rank ings. We are essentially where we were last year,” said Joel Smith, Business School dean. “It’s rewarding to maintain those honorable rankings.” The U.S. News rankings are primarily based on peer reports. Deans and Senior staff members from universities nationwide are given a survey with several ques tions about other universities’ programs. Smith discussed what the rankings could mean for the business school’s future. “Our aspiration is to be among those consistently referred to as the best in the country,” Smith said. Smith also pointed out that there are flaws in any national rankings. “It’s important to un derstand how young these rank ings are and that they are based on survey responses,” Smith said. Smith thinks students put a great deal of stock in informa tion found in the U.S. News rank ings. “Students care about how their school is regarded,” he said. “They want to know about placement in graduate school. The rankings put an absolute number on the value of the edu cation.” First-year business student Kelly Lenihan said prospective students aren’t the only ones who refer to the rankings. “They’re good for,when you get a degree,” she said, “because any business will recognize the name of the school you went to. They give the university as a whole such a good name. It will grow from there.” The rankings also have the potential to persuade high school students to attend the business school. First-year busi ness major Lee Sill said know ing the school’s past high rank ings influenced his decision to enter USC’s business program. “It was one of the main rea sons I decided to enter the busi ness school at USC,” said Sill. “The high ranking makes me feel very confident in my deci sion to major in business here at USC.” Smith thinks the recognition from U.S. News will elevate the business program’s reputation. He also hopes it will increase the diversity of the student popula tion and help students get ac cepted into graduate school or the job market. University administrators na tionwide consider U.S. News and World Report one of the leading information sources in reporting data on superior university pro grams. A spokesperson for U.S. News said, “We [publish the rankings] to help you make one of the most important decisions of your life.” U.S. News rankings are often considered subjective because they come primarily from per sonal opinions. U.S. News doesn’t rely solely on peer re ports to rank universities. The magazine also factors in an in stitution’s freshman retention rate, faculty resources, student selectivity and financial re sources. The publication has been ranking universities by academ ic excellence since 1983 and reaches an estimated weekly au dience of ten million people. 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No final agreement was reached, and the Pakistan delega tion — which had issued a blunt order for the Taliban to extradite bin Laden or face certain attack by a U.S.-led force — returned home Tuesday. The Taliban, who say bin Laden was wrongly implicated in last week’s terror attacks on the United States, urged the people of Afghanistan to prepare for jihad, or holy war, against America, the official Bakhtar News Agency re ported Tuesday. “If America attacks our homes, it is necessary for all Muslims, es pecially for Afghans, to wage a holy war,” Mullah Mohammed Hasan Akhund, the deputy Tal iban leader, said Monday, ac cording to the state-run Radio Shariat. “God is on our side, and if the world’s people try to set fire to Afghanistan, God will protect us '( and help us.” Since taking control of most of Afghanistan in 19%, the Taliban have declared holy wars against the northern-based anti-Taliban alliance, Russia and Iran, but nev er the United States. 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