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See page 7 dailygckeds.wordpress.com dailygamecock.com THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008 VOL. 101, NO. 90 ● SINCE 1908 Moore School moves up, moves out Business program rises nearly 20 places among internationally ranked institutions Plans to lease Close-Hipp building will provide funds for new construction Katie Jones administration. “Technically, we were ranked a little bit STAFF WRITER higher in earlier years, but there were a fewer number of schools.” School said they are The Moore School of Business has shot up in international The rankings play a signifi cant part in attracting people, Sean Gruber STAFF WRITER unsure if a new school is rankings, moving from last year’s ranking of 72nd to 55th, students and faculty alike, to USC for the School of necessary. as ranked by the Financial Times of London. Business. USC is considering Chloe Jeffords, a first- There are 100 international schools in the rankings. “It reinforces the prestige and the signifi cance of our leasing the current Moore year math student, said she The school’s Master of Business MBA program at the Moore school, and how much we’ve School of Business building has no problems with the program also ranks 25th in the improved over the past few years in terms of the quality of to a federal agency and current school. country. our faculty, our students and the kind of job placement that using the funds to build “I think it’s one of the “This is the highest students are receiving after graduation,” Markland said. a new business school, nicest on campus,” Jeffords we’ve been ranked in “This improvement in the rankings refl ects that.” according to school said. “If we build a new recent years,” said The rankings are based on several different aspects offi cials. school, it will just be a Bob Markland, including: alumni salary, salary increase, alumni USC spokesman new building. We will be associate recommendations and international faculty. Russ McKinney said using the same teachers dean of Markland said the school works to hire the best professors the location for the new and curriculum.” and teach the best students. school is currently under Emanueal Smith, a “We try to attract and hire the very best professors, consideration. third-year economics people that are on the leading edge of intellectual thought “We are looking at student, said he thinks as far as their various fi elds,” Markland said. “We go out two possible areas for the the location will be a and try to recruit the very best students that we can, from school,” McKinney said. problem. all across the country and all across the world.” “The most likely one is “It’s far enough away for Markland said the ranking is a major accomplishment, in the Foundation Square me already,” Smith said. achieved through a variety of factors. adjacent to the Colonial “Building the new school “We put a lot of effort into not only providing a world out there will make it class education here, but also providing major internships Center.” even more so. The current with countries, both with the U.S. and abroad,” he said. The new business school school serves its purpose. “We try to do a very good job of placing our students in will cost $100 million, If they release more details top fl ight jobs once they graduate. It’s a combination of according to The State. I might be more open to factors that we utilize at the Moore school.” McKinney would not it.” Some students said they too are excited about the confirm the building’s Josh Yelman, a third- ranking improvement. price. year sports entertainment “I think it is great that the business school is excelling Under the preliminary student, said he agrees. more than ever lately,” said Chad Marra, a fourth-year budget for the school, no “It would just be a hassle advertising and business marketing student. “Our business state taxpayer funds will for students to go out to school has always been very strong and reputable with a be needed to fund the the Coliseum,” Yelman terrifi c staff that helps students move to the forefront in school’s construction. said. “The current school the business world.” The leasing plan was doesn’t seem out of date. I Kevin Blue, a second-year business marketing student, created because of a have no problems with it.” said he feels the same way. “mutual interest” between Some students said they “I think it’s great,” he said. “USC already has one of the USC and the federal are concerned about the most prestigious business schools in the Southeast and agency, McKinney said. cost of the school. the more it goes up in the rankings, the more promising “The agency wanted “A new school could students will want to come here.” to expand its operations fit more students, but it Administration and faculty at the Moore School in Columbia, and the would be cheaper just to of Business will continue to try to improve Moore School needs a keep the current building,” further in international rankings, Markland more appropriate facility,” said Tommy Moore, a said. McKinney said. “But no fi rst-year civil engineering “We’d like to improve every year and deal has been reached student. “Just add on to we’re certainly on a very solid trajectory,” yet.” the current school.” Markland said. “We’ve moved from 72nd McKinney said he could David Erekson, a first- to 55th this year and we hope to go even not identify the federal year international business higher next year.” agency or offer a timetable student, said he thinks the US News & World Report ranked for construction of the new school could bring the program the No. 1 program for new business school. more opportunities. international business masters among Students taking classes THE DAILY GAMECOCK public universities for years. Sarah Langdon / at the Moore Business MOORE ● 3 Sellers recounts AKA celebrates 100th Sorority honors achievements, improve the world by becoming a role Orangeburg tale model. lineage, founders with event “It’s about improving yourself Professor shares his cops with guns drawn. I saw Vivi Koutrakos scholastically, mentally, emotionally and by a student, Henry Miller, and THE DAILY GAMECOCK helping others that may not have been as memories of tragedy I went to warn him about the privileged or blessed as you have,” Fennell police.” At 7:08 tonight in the Russell House said. All Sellers said he managed ballroom, the sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha They created a Web site, aka1908.com, to Sean Gruber to say was “Henry” before sorority will celebrate the 100th anniversary share and celebrate the sorority’s lineage. STAFF WRITER the police opened fi re. It was of its founding through a presentation of “We want to keep a link between all the last time Sellers would their history and achievements. students and our organization,” Hunt said. ORANGEBURG — USC see Henry Miller alive. “Alpha Kappa Alpha is recognized as the “Our motto is service to all mankind.” Professor Cleveland Sellers The gunfi re heard earlier Courtesy of USC fi rst black Greek letter sorority,” said Caitlin “That’s the motto that started in 1908 and walked down a sidewalk was a policeman firing Hunt, a second-year electronic journalism that’s what we’re about in 2008,” Hopkins on South Carolina State warning shots into the air to student and public relations said. University’s campus, ward students away from the I would get killed. After I chair of the Beta Gamma Throughout the year, Alpha pointing to a square brick bonfi re so fi refi ghters could moved far enough, I went Chapter. Kappa Alpha has played a role building on the horizon. put it out. Other officers back and started dragging The event will be held at in important historical events “That’s where I was when began fi ring when they heard people to the infi rmary.” 7:08 p.m. because in military in the South, which is detailed it started,” Sellers said. “I gunshots. The Feb. 8, 1968, protest time that is 19:08 p.m., which on their Web site. was trying to get some sleep, “All I heard was volley was a response to the recent represents the year they were The timeline is themed in and some students started after volley, boom bang segregation of a local founded. the sorority’s colors of pink banging on my door, waking boom,” Sellers said. “I could bowling alley. Racial tensions “We recognize twenty and green. The pink represents me up. They told me they smell the burnt gunpowder. escalated as demonstrations founders that gave us our the sorority’s history and the heard gunfi re.” I tried to move, but I was hit.