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AAAS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Carl Wells, a panel member and director of the USC Office of Multicultural Student Affairs, pointed out that blacks hold only two non-minority-centered lead ership positions at the university, surprising considering that South Carolina is almost one-third black. He said there was a need for “an internal mentoring process” to fill open staff positions with minori ties in order to correct the in equalities. Black students comprise less \ than 19 percent of students on Columbia’s campus, posing a chal lenge to minority students on a predominantly white campus. Addressing this issue, adjunct English professor Melissa Pearson said the problem was not the learning environment, but low academic expectations among mi nority students. “I think that what black stu dents at predominantly white in stitutions have done, they’ve in ternalized a lot of the racism that they’ve experienced, and they check each other,” said Pearson. One student in the audience asked why curriculum on black culture and literature is not re quired, while courses in British and American literature are. Tiffany Stewart, SAVVY president and fourth-year Spanish student, emphasized that students need to ask more questions about what tu ition and fees are being used to support if curriculum doesn’t re flect their values. Academic communities such as the Honors College fail to attract minorities because of their focus on the arts and sciences, according to Marcus Alexander, fourth-year computer information systems stu dent and panel member. Wells said that planned changes in USC’s ad missions standards to increase SAT requirements will systemati cally disadvantage both minorities and students from South Carolina, making USC less attractive to prospective minority students. Randolph advanced the idea that black students should put eco nomic pressure on universities whose makeup does not reflect state demographics by transferring to other schools to underline the problem. “Sometimes you have to take direct action by publicizing the disparity,” Randolph said. Williams said Tuesday’s ad dress was the first of what he hopes will become an annual event to score the university on the state of black students. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecocknews@gwm. sc. edu 1 Moore school ranked 36th internationally JACKIE FAYE BURTON THE GAMECOCK The Financial Times of London has ranked the Moore School of Business 36th in the world for its master’s program in international business, up from 45th in 2003. The Financial Times takes 24 categories into account when mak ing its rankings, including career progress, percentage of interna tional students, international course content, placement success | and value for the money. F Nationally, the Moore School has been ranked in the top 30 among business schools for the past five years, most recently ranked 23rd. Joel Smith, dean, said he rec ognizes the progress in career placement and salaries. “This ranking is evidence of the quality and international diversi ty and experience of our students, many whom have lived and worked in countries outside the United States,” Smith said in a news release. 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