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SG officers to tour campus, educate students
VOL. 114, NO. 39 • SINCE 1908
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2014
Officers, senators sworn in as term begins
Fallaw, Harman to address students about SG funding, voice Hannah Jeffrey
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Ryan Harman and Chip Fallaw know USC students have good ideas. W h at t h e y d o n’t k n o w i s whether the students know how to bring their ideas to fruition. That’s why Harman, student b o d y t re a s u rer, a nd Fa l l aw, speaker of the house of delegates, are hitt ing t he brick pat hs of campus to hear what st udent organizations have to say. Upon taking office, Harman said one of his biggest goals is to make the student body aware of the funding available to them f r o m St u d e nt G o v e r n m e nt . Additionally, Fallaw said students may not be aware of the voice they have within SG in the house of delegates, which was started last semester. H a r m a n a nd Fa l l a w a r e planning to send out an email to all of t he organizat ions on campus, explaining the tour and what students stand to gain. After the initial email, they plan to lau nch an interact ive calendar sometime in the next week to send out to all student org a n iz at ion s on c a mpu s on which members can register for a t ime to have t he t wo come discuss a potential relationship between their groups and SG. “We’re coming to meet with them if they’ll have us,” Harman said. “We want to make SG about the students.” Harman said that for USC’s st udent organizat ions, Fallaw provides organizations a voice where t he t rea s u rer ’s of f ice provides fi nancial help. “T he hou se is a for u m for organizat ions to get toget her and talk about what they want,” Fallaw said. A hot topic i n t he house recently, according to Fallaw, has been on the issue of room reser vations for meetings and g at her i ng s, somet h i ng ma ny delegates are hoping to remedy over the course of the next year. And if the organizations already represented in the house have complaints, there are sure to be others around campus who do too, he said. With more than 400 student orga n izat ions on campus, Harman and Fallaw realize the feat they’re taking on is going to be time-consuming. “We’re hoping to start next Tuesday and visit organizations TOUR • 2
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Donnie Iorio, Ryan Harman and Lindsay Richardson were sworn in to Student Government’s executive offices Wednesday.
Richardson, Iorio, Harman, 41 senators take oaths at ceremony Hannah Jeffrey
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Lindsay Richardson beamed as she looked out into the crowd at Rutledge Chapel. Just after she was sworn in as student body president Wednesday afternoon, Richardson took to the podium to deliver thank-you’s and address her constituents for the first time as Student Government’s top officer. “I am thankful to God that I did not trip or fall because I’m notoriously accident-prone,” she said to laughs. But soon after the laughter died down, Richardson’s eyes began to well with tears as she thanked her
friends, family, staff and voters for support ing her during her campaign, during which she said she did a great deal of reflection. “This experience has taught me that time is really precious,” Richardson said. “Not every day is guaranteed.” And after thanking a long list of people, it was her last thank you that Richardson said was the most special. “Thank you to all those who c a m e b e f o r e m e ,” s h e s a i d . “You paved the way for another A f r ic a n- A mer ic a n wom a n t o become student body president at this university.” R ichardson was swor n in alongside newly elected Student Body Vice President Donnie Iorio, St udent Body Treasu rer Ryan Harman and 41 of the 42 senators of the 106th student senate.
This experience has taught me that time is really precious. Not every day is guaranteed.” — Lindsay Richardson
Student Body President
A s v ice president, Iorio w ill serve as president of the senate. Iorio said he was ready for the jump from SG’s judicial branch, INAUGURATION • 3
Business rankings celebrated Dean: International programs won’t be ‘matched easily’ by others Thad Moore
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Members of t he Da rla Moore School of Business celebrated t he No. 1 rankings its undergraduate and graduate international business rankings nabbed this year. The undergraduate program has been a perennial f e a t u r e a t o p t h e U. S . News and World Report’s i nter nat iona l busi ness rankings, but the graduate
program hasn’t been No. 1 since 2004, said Peter Brews, who became dea n of t he school in January. Last year, it was No. 3. “What is really good is for us to get back to being No. 1 on both of them, and I think that’s an accomplishment that no one else has done,” Brews said Wednesday at a celebrat ion outside t he Close-Hipp Building. “Not only that, but it’s something that I don’t think is going to be matched easily by anyone else.” T he r a n k i ng put s t he international MBA program above a nu mber of top -
ran ked business schools, including t he Universit y of Pennsylvania, Har vard U n i v e r s i t y, C o l u m b i a Universit y and New York University. Brews at t r ibuted t he improvement to a redesign of the international MBA program over the past few years, which Andy Spicer, the program’s chair, said included an increased emphasis on internships and lang uage studies abroad. “ I t ’s t h a t m i x t u r e o f global best practice and local context,” Spicer said. Brews said he has spent his first few months in Columbia
talking to faculty and that he hopes to bring the success of USC’s international business programs to the rest of the school. “We are looking at a few things inside the school which I think over the next five to 10 years may change somewhat the f lavor of the school,” Brews said in an interview. “It’s probably no longer sufficient just to be good in one place.” Brews declined to elaborate on what those changes might entail, saying it was premature to do so. DG
Holt elected student senate president pro tempore New officer wins in body’s 1st meeting of session Hannah jeffrey
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The 42 newly sworn-in senators milled arou nd t he st udent senate chamber Wednesday evening, waiting for the first session to begin. “If you could turn your name tags so I can see your names, that’d be great,” Student Body Vice President Donnie Iorio said as the senators settled in. As it was the first meeting, there were 42
faces for Iorio to familiarize himself with. There are currently eight vacancies in the senate, which can hold 50 members. Iorio encouraged new senators to get the word out about the vacancies with hopes of filling the gap. No le g i s l at io n w a s p r e s e nt e d Wednesday, as it was the body’s first meeting. Instead, housekeeping matters were taken care of, including the election and approval of senate leadership. Senators elected second-year political science st udent Jonat han Holt as senate president pro tempore, and they approved nine new committee chairs
and assignments. Three senators challenged Holt for the position, including Morgan Smith, Brian Samples and Dennzon Winley. Several senators spoke on behalf of the candidates before Holt was elected with 20 votes. “Our time is now,” Holt said. “It’s time to begin, and I hope to be the advocate for you.” After his first meeting as senate president, Iorio said he thought the meeting ran smoothly, and he was impressed with the initiative several senators took, especially since all but seven were returning members.
Outgoing SG executive officers Chase Mizzell, Ryan Bailey and Haley Guyton stood behind the velvet rope separating the senate floor from the gallery, and watched the next group begin its term. “I’ve actually never witnessed a senate session not from behind the bar,” Bailey said. “Isn’t that crazy?” And with the groundwork set for the body’s next year, Iorio congratulated the senate for a final time and reminded them of what was to come. “The work is only beginning,” Iorio said. “It’s time to get to work.” DG