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POLICE REPORT
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® LARCENY OVER $1,000,
1000 GEORGE ROGERS BLVD.
The victims said the following
items were taken from then
equipment bags at Williams
Brice Stadium: from the first
victim, a Verizon Wireless
Qualcomm cell phone, a green
high-school class ring and a
sterling silver 10k white gold
ring; from the second victim, a
Nokia cell phone and $6. Total
estimated value: $1,056.
Reporting officers: J. Hinson
and J. Meador.
® GRAND LARCENY OF
LAPTOP, 614 MAIN ST.
The complainant said someone
took the following items: a light
blue Fuvista laptop, a TI-83
calculator, a Plato English
book, a College Algebra book, an
American history book, a
psychology book, and a
psychology study guide. Total
estimated value: $1,837.
Reporting officers: M.P. Moore
and A.C. Hoffman.
Sunday, Nov. 4
O ILLEGAL USE OF
TELEPHONE, 1321 WHALEY ST.
The victim said she received
calls from an unknown caller,
who wouldn’t say anything and
eventually would hang up. The
victim was given a log to
document the calls. Reporting
officers: D. Hare and J.D.
Rosier.
Monday, Nov. 5
O ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE,
918 BARNWELL ST. The
complainant said someone
called his Columbia Hall room
claiming to be a university
police officer. The investigation
continues. The victim was
given a log to document any
more calls. Reporting officer: L.
Forte.
Q LARCENY OF MOTOR
VEHICLE, 701 ASSEMBLY ST.
The victim said someone took
his 1995 green Jeep Wrangler
from Lot 2. He was given a
victim impact statement.
Estimated value: $7,000.
Reporting officer: J.B. Coaxum.
® AUTO BREAK-IN, 105 SOUTH
MARION ST. The complainant
said someone used a rock to
break out the window on her
1993 black Toyota Camry. The
following items were missing: a
black Sprint PSC cell phone, a
TI-83 calculator, $14 cash, a
Spanish textbook, a Spanish
dictionary, a black Eastpack
book bag, a black leather wallet,
a Capital One Visa credit card, a
BB&T check card, an American
Eagle credit card, an
Abercrombie and Fitch credit
card and a Citizens National
Bank check card. The victim
said the car sustained minor
damage. Total estimated value
of missing items: $439.
Reporting officer: G.S.
Whitlock.
® MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL
PROPERTY, 1212 GREENEST.
The complainant said someone
damaged a door in Sumwalt
College by pushing out a vent at
the bottom of the door.
Estimated damage: $20.
Reporting officer: J. A. Henry.
® ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE, 600
BULL ST. The victim said the
gate arm of the Bull Street
Garage, level 4, came down on
his 1997 red Chevrolet Z-71,
causing moderate damage.
Reporting officer: G.S.
Whitlock.
Q MALICIOUS INJURY TO
PERSONAL PROPERTY, 1501
PENDLETON ST. The
complainant said someone
broke the rear window of her
2001 silver Honda Civic. No
items were missing at the time
of report. Estimated damage:
$200. Reporting officer: L. Forte.
Registrar: Retirement of TIPS, printed schedule is ‘blessing’
BY ADAM BEAM
the gamecock
When forced this spring to re
tire the Telephone Information
Processing System (TIPS) and to
discontinue printing the master
schedule, it looked as if USC had
suffered yet another casualty in
' the budget cut war.
But, according to USC
Registrar Barbara Blaney, these
' were blessings in disguise.
; After printing a few master
schedules for faculty to use dur
* ing advisement, more than 2,000
«changes were made to the course
1 listings because of changes in aca
: demic programs, Blaney said.
I “It was amazing how many peo
ple didn't even use it,” Blaney said.
“We kept having more and more
of them left over after each semes
ter, and we realized how much
money was being spent on it.”
Second-year accounting student
Alex Yu agrees. “I used the printed
booklet my first semester, but I
found it inaccurate... but they’re
always accurate on the computer.”
Blaney estimated thousands of
dollars were saved by putting the
master schedule online instead of
distributing a printed version.
“We’ve had five people say
something negative about it,”
Blaney said. “Haven’t heard
much from students, but a couple
of departments sent us some notes
saying that ‘it’s about time.’”
With the retirement of TIPS,
students now depend on VIP to
register for classes. In last year’s
senior survey, 95 percent of stu
dents rated VIP above average.
“We have to go where the insti
tution wants us to go,” Blaney said.
“We certainly want to help individ
uals, and we will, but we want to put
our resources where the majority
of our students can use them.”
Registration appointments are
granted based on the number of
hours earned. Within the hours
criteria, preference is given to su
perior grade point averages.
Honors students and athletes are
given earlier appointment times
within their grade level to com
ply with NCAA rules and the uni
versity’s mission statement.
“We have an institutional
obligation to improve athlete’s
graduation rates,” Blaney said.
“We help them within their des
ignated group. The only people
who go first are disabled persons
who ask for assistance.”
While VIP is the preferred
method of registration, it’s not
perfect, Blaney said.
“We’re trying to add a lot more
of our processes on VIP, but it
takes longer for computer ser
vices to do that because every
body wants in on VIP,” Blaney
said.
Mel Miller, director of research
grants and planning for Student
and Alumni Services, is on a regis
tration committee to examine
processes, customer needs, prospec
tive practices and resource oppor
tunities related to registration.
“I believe our committee will
be able to have recommendations
completed by the mid-spring se
mester,” Miller said.
One possible recommendation
is a graduation check available
on VIP. This feature would allow
students to check that they have
completed all required courses be
fore they apply for graduation.
“We want to make VIP a little
smarter than it is,” Blaney said.
“My dream is VIP to be able to tell
you all registration that you
haven’t fulfilled, then give you op
tions. I want to put advisement
and registration together and
make it broader than it is now.”
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Alpha Chi Omega
event helps SisterCare
Alpha Chi Omega’s Volleyball
Brawl Tournament raised $1,500
this week for SisterCare, a local
domestic violence shelter. The
two-day event involved 16 Greek
organizations, which earned
points for participation and for
competing in a banner
competition and a volleyball
tournament.
Alpha Delta Pi won first place
overall for sororities, and Lambda
Chi Alpha was named first for
fraternities, after both
organizations won the volleyball
tournament at Jillian’s Wednesday
night. Kappa Kappa Gamma
sorority and Delta Tau Delta
fraternity received second place.
Alpha Chi Omega organized
the event to support their
national philanthropy, domestic
violence abuse prevention.
Members handed out purple
ribbons in support of domestic
violence awareness on Greene
Street Wednesday and raised
money for SisterCare through
the tournament entry fee and
advertisements in a program for
the tournament.
Alpha Chi Omega Vice
President Becky McPhee said the
sorority plans to make the
Volleyball Brawl an annual
fundraiser.
Pulitzer-Prize winning
author comes to USC
Sister Helen Prejean, author of
the book, Dead Man Walking: An
Eyewitness Account of the Death
Penalty in the U.S., will speak
today at 7 p.m. in the Law School
Auditorium. Her 1993 book was
nominated for a Pulitzer Prize,
and the movie Dead Man
Walking is based on it. Actor
Susan Sarandon won an
Academy Award for her potrayal
of Prejean in the movie, a
dramatization of Prejean's work
with a Louisiana Death Row
inmate. Prejean is working on
another book and is an outspoken
opponent of the death penalty.
Diversity conference
to finish Saturday
The Democracy and Diversity
in Public Education Conference is
being held in Gambrell
Auditorium until Saturday, Nov.
10. Remaining speakers include
Charles Payne, who will speak at
1 p.m. on Nov. 9 about the struggle
for equality and democracy; Louis
F. Miron who will speak at 3 p.m.
about equality, education and
democracy; Kwame Anthony
Appiah, who will speak at 7 p.m.
about global diversity and world
democracy; and Ronald Takaki
and James D. Anderson, who will
speak at 9 a.m. on Nov. 10 about
multiculturalism, education and
democracy.
Bicentennial speakers
to discuss democracy
The USC bicentennial
program “The University and
Civic Education: Foundation of
Democracy” will be held
Monday, Nov, 12, from 1 p.m. to 4
p.m. in the Lumpkin Auditorium
on the 8th floor of the B. A.
building. The Government and
International Studies
Department will present the
program, which will include
speakers Sheilah Mann of the
American Political Science
Association, USC professor
Charlie Tyler and Arizona State
professor Richard Dagger.
SG holds advisement
forums for colleges
Student Government will hold
advisement forums for different
colleges on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at
7 p.m. Students can participate in
discussions and ask questions
about advisement in their
colleges. The College of Science
and Mathematics’ advisement
forum will be in the Physical
Science Building, room 210; the
College of Liberal Ails’ forum will
be in Gambrell 250; and the Moore
School of Business’ forum will be
in the B.A. Building, room 008.
lime Capsule items
due by Friday, Nov. 30
All items for the Bicentennial
Time Capsule must be submitted
to Justin Smith at the USC
Visitor Center by Nov. 30. The
time capsule will be buried
underneath the Horseshoe on
Dec. 7. For more information, call
the Visitor Center at 777-0169.