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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 167, NO. 5 | Wednesday June 17, 2009 SUMMER TROJAN InDEX 2 · News Digest 2 · Sudoku 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 12 · Sports Allentown: A review of Woody Allen’s latest comedy, ‘Whatever Works.’ PAGE 5 Floyd is out: Coach’s resignation leaves the basketball program in great uncertainty. PAGE 12 By alexandra tilsley Summer Trojan A recent article by Inside Higher Ed exposed an error in USC Viterbi’s data-reporting that could al-ter — potentially drastically — the Viterbi School of Engineering’s No. 7 ranking on U.S. News & World Report’s annual list. Viterbi officials insist the error was not an intentional attempt to improve the school’s standing. Inside Higher Ed reported on June 8 that Viterbi had misreported the number of faculty members who are also members of the National Academy of Engineering, a number which is used by USNWR as a criterion for ranking on their list. The report by Inside Higher Ed, which scrutinized statements by Viterbi officials as well as the Viterbi website and USC staff directory, led Viterbi to report to U.S. News that its actual number of NAE members was 13, rather than the 30 that were originally reported. The discrepancy occurred because Viterbi reported all NAE faculty members to USNWR, not just full-time, tenure-track professors, as the USNWR survey stipu-lates. Viterbi Associate Dean Margery Berti, who sub-mitted the data to USNWR, said the mistake was an innocent one and USC never intended to deceive poten-tial students using the USNWR rankings. “The Viterbi School has truly excellent full-time and part-time faculty and they contribute tremendously to the academic experience of our students,” Berti said. “A lot of these are faculty who have earned membership in the National Academy of Engineering. We view them as part of our team, but U.S. News & World Report no-tified us of a difference in our definition and a discrep-ancy in our reporting.” Berti said she has worked with USNWR to adjust the number. Robert Morse, director of data research for USNWR, wrote in an online post that USNWR has been working Article shows discrepancy in Viterbi reports Viterbi officials say they are working with U.S. News & World Report to correct the mistake. | see viterbi, page 3 | By alexandra tilsley Summer Trojan After a string of robberies in the North University Park area, the USC Department of Public Safety has responded with a string of ar-rests. The first arrest occurred June 10, when DPS and LAPD officials apprehended 26-year-old Anthony Paul Hood, who they believe was re-sponsible for three armed robberies between June 2 and June 7. Then, on June 12, DPS detained a suspect in an attempted robbery that had oc-curred earlier that morning. DPS Capt. David Carlisle said the arrest of Hood was the result of tactics implemented by DPS in partnership with LAPD. “We saw some patterns and we implemented some specific strat-egies because of what we saw through crime analysis,” Carlisle said. Hood was arrested around 7:30 p.m. June 10 near the 1200 block of 29th Street. DPS officials detained him as he was entering a vehicle. Carlisle said DPS had noticed that new residents had moved into the area, and were often seen loi-tering. By monitoring the area and recognizing patterns, they were able to pick out Hood as the poten-tial culprit in the three robberies. DPS officers were monitoring the area the night of June 10 be-cause they suspected a drug deal was occurring, and recognized Hood from their information and DPS arrests suspects in robberies Officials say they believe one suspect was responsible for three separate area incidents. | see arrests, page 3 | Members of USC Lambda march Sunday in the L.A. Gay Pride Parade as part of the city’s annual weekend festival promoting gay rights. Many notable Californians, including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, participated in the parade. Showing support Lakers Parade: Route and Closures r Figueroa Street will be closed between the Staples Center and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from 8 a.m. until noon. r Cherry Street will be closed between Pico and Olympic boulevards from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. r The Adams, Martin Luther King, Exposition and Olympic exits of the I-110 freeway will be closed from 10 a.m. until the end of the parade. r Parking structures 1, 2 and the Parking Center will be open to the public. r Parking Structure X will be closed. Figueroa St. University Park Campus Coliseum Cherry St. Staples Center Martin Luther King Blvd. Jefferson Blvd. Exposition Blvd. Hoover St. Vermont Ave. ympic Blvd. S. Broadway Pico Blvd. Venice Blvd. Washington Ol Blvd. I-10 I-110 Leah Thompson | Summer Trojan Dieuwertje Kast | Summer Trojan U.S. News & World Report’s Top 10 Engineering Schools Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University University of California — Berkeley Georgia Institute of Technology University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign Carnegie Mellon University California Institute of Technology (tied) University of Southern California (tied) University of Michigan — Ann Arbor University of Texas — Austin 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7. 9. 10. Leah Thompson | Summer Trojan
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Full text | Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 167, NO. 5 | Wednesday June 17, 2009 SUMMER TROJAN InDEX 2 · News Digest 2 · Sudoku 4 · Opinion 5 · Lifestyle 8 · Classifieds 12 · Sports Allentown: A review of Woody Allen’s latest comedy, ‘Whatever Works.’ PAGE 5 Floyd is out: Coach’s resignation leaves the basketball program in great uncertainty. PAGE 12 By alexandra tilsley Summer Trojan A recent article by Inside Higher Ed exposed an error in USC Viterbi’s data-reporting that could al-ter — potentially drastically — the Viterbi School of Engineering’s No. 7 ranking on U.S. News & World Report’s annual list. Viterbi officials insist the error was not an intentional attempt to improve the school’s standing. Inside Higher Ed reported on June 8 that Viterbi had misreported the number of faculty members who are also members of the National Academy of Engineering, a number which is used by USNWR as a criterion for ranking on their list. The report by Inside Higher Ed, which scrutinized statements by Viterbi officials as well as the Viterbi website and USC staff directory, led Viterbi to report to U.S. News that its actual number of NAE members was 13, rather than the 30 that were originally reported. The discrepancy occurred because Viterbi reported all NAE faculty members to USNWR, not just full-time, tenure-track professors, as the USNWR survey stipu-lates. Viterbi Associate Dean Margery Berti, who sub-mitted the data to USNWR, said the mistake was an innocent one and USC never intended to deceive poten-tial students using the USNWR rankings. “The Viterbi School has truly excellent full-time and part-time faculty and they contribute tremendously to the academic experience of our students,” Berti said. “A lot of these are faculty who have earned membership in the National Academy of Engineering. We view them as part of our team, but U.S. News & World Report no-tified us of a difference in our definition and a discrep-ancy in our reporting.” Berti said she has worked with USNWR to adjust the number. Robert Morse, director of data research for USNWR, wrote in an online post that USNWR has been working Article shows discrepancy in Viterbi reports Viterbi officials say they are working with U.S. News & World Report to correct the mistake. | see viterbi, page 3 | By alexandra tilsley Summer Trojan After a string of robberies in the North University Park area, the USC Department of Public Safety has responded with a string of ar-rests. The first arrest occurred June 10, when DPS and LAPD officials apprehended 26-year-old Anthony Paul Hood, who they believe was re-sponsible for three armed robberies between June 2 and June 7. Then, on June 12, DPS detained a suspect in an attempted robbery that had oc-curred earlier that morning. DPS Capt. David Carlisle said the arrest of Hood was the result of tactics implemented by DPS in partnership with LAPD. “We saw some patterns and we implemented some specific strat-egies because of what we saw through crime analysis,” Carlisle said. Hood was arrested around 7:30 p.m. June 10 near the 1200 block of 29th Street. DPS officials detained him as he was entering a vehicle. Carlisle said DPS had noticed that new residents had moved into the area, and were often seen loi-tering. By monitoring the area and recognizing patterns, they were able to pick out Hood as the poten-tial culprit in the three robberies. DPS officers were monitoring the area the night of June 10 be-cause they suspected a drug deal was occurring, and recognized Hood from their information and DPS arrests suspects in robberies Officials say they believe one suspect was responsible for three separate area incidents. | see arrests, page 3 | Members of USC Lambda march Sunday in the L.A. Gay Pride Parade as part of the city’s annual weekend festival promoting gay rights. Many notable Californians, including Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, participated in the parade. Showing support Lakers Parade: Route and Closures r Figueroa Street will be closed between the Staples Center and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum from 8 a.m. until noon. r Cherry Street will be closed between Pico and Olympic boulevards from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. r The Adams, Martin Luther King, Exposition and Olympic exits of the I-110 freeway will be closed from 10 a.m. until the end of the parade. r Parking structures 1, 2 and the Parking Center will be open to the public. r Parking Structure X will be closed. Figueroa St. University Park Campus Coliseum Cherry St. Staples Center Martin Luther King Blvd. Jefferson Blvd. Exposition Blvd. Hoover St. Vermont Ave. ympic Blvd. S. Broadway Pico Blvd. Venice Blvd. Washington Ol Blvd. I-10 I-110 Leah Thompson | Summer Trojan Dieuwertje Kast | Summer Trojan U.S. News & World Report’s Top 10 Engineering Schools Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University University of California — Berkeley Georgia Institute of Technology University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign Carnegie Mellon University California Institute of Technology (tied) University of Southern California (tied) University of Michigan — Ann Arbor University of Texas — Austin 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7. 9. 10. Leah Thompson | Summer Trojan |