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Volume XC Number 13	University of Southern California	Friday, July 31, 1981
Trojans to take title
CHICAGO — The Trojans, with a more reliable offense than last year, will once again win the Pac Ten crown and challenge Michigan for the national championship, said Anson Mount in his 24th annual “Pigskin Preview” in the September Playboy.
Featuring two Playboy All-Americas, linebacker Chip Banks and offensive lineman Roy Foster, the Trojans should beat out Arizona State for the conference title, Mount says. The running game, sparked by tailback Marcus Allen, will be one of the nation's best.
Arizona State, with 19 returning starters, could be the most improved team in the West, Mount says. Look for the Sun Devils to finish in the nation's top ten.
UCLA will also be in the thick of the Pac Ten race. Featuring a talent-laden crew of receivers, led by Pfoyboy All-America Tim Wrightman, and a powerful defense anchored by Playboy All-America tackle Irv Eatman, the Bruins may join USC and ASU in the top-ten rankings.
Bolstered by added depth and a relatively easy schedule, Oregon should compile a winning record, Mount says. Over at Stanford, the offensive unit
led by two Playboy All-Americas, quarterback John Elway and running back Darrin Nelson, will be awesome. But the defense will be porous and shaky, said Mount.
TOP 20 TEAMS
1.	Michigan
2.	Southern Cal
3.	Oklahoma
4.	Florida
5.	Houston
6.	Alabama
7.	Arizona State
8.	Baylor
9.	Nebraska
10.	North Carolina
11.	UCLA
12.	Penn State
13.	Texas
14.	Notre Dame
15.	Pittsburgh
16.	Louisiana State
17.	Brigham Young
18.	Oregon
19.	Iowa State
20.	Mississippi State PAC TEN STANDINGS
Southern Cal	10-1
Arizona State " 9-2 UCLA	8-3
Oregon	8-3
Stanford	6-5
Washington	6-5
Washington State	6-5
Arizona	5-6
California	4-7
Oregon State	1-10
Women’s athletics recruits top talent
By Mark Gill
Staff Writer
By no means could USC’s women recruiting classes ever be called poor when compared to the all-league honorable mention high school stock with which most schools must be content.
The Women of Troy don't rebuild, just reload. But in comparing USC’s recruiting years, 1981 's crop ranks with the best. Thus far every coach has fared well in the modern version of foxhunting, though the season is not over until September. What follows is a brief summary of 1981’s mad talent seach results.
BASKETBALL: In a year in which talent is not up to its usual premium, Linda Sharp enjoyed a highly successful campaign. Although she has only two newcomers heading for Troy a this point, high quality is evident. Cynthia Cooper, a 5’9” guard-forward from Locke High School who was city player of the year — has been labeled one of the top sleepers in the country. She averaged 31 points per game last year and played under Coach Sharp for a national team which visited Taiwan in July 1981.
Tracy Longo, a 6’0” forward from San Gabriel is the other. Adidas, Street and Smith, and Converse named her to their All-America teams. She scored
1,485 points in her career (averaging 17 per game in her senior year) and grabbed 1,410 rebounds. Both players are expected to be among the top eight on the squad.
CREW: Tom Kiskadden’s oarsladies are not a veteran squad. He had 17 freshmen and sophomores and just five upperclassmen last year. This team does not formally recruit (scholarships and so forth) at this point, but the interest in crew is on the rise.
GOLF: Fredrica Dassu, an Italian World Cup player of high caliber, and Lori Peardon (pending admission) will be the primary newcomers, but the recruiting is not yet over for new coach Cathy Bright. She hopes to add four or five other players, as walk-ons, before the season begins in mid-September.
GYMNASTICS: Nationwide recruiting brought in three highly talented tumblers. Julie Jursnik, a three-year elite gymnast from Montana heads the list. If she can recover from a knee injury she sustained last year, the coaches think she can become a valuable part of the team.
Also bound for Troy in the fall are Lisa Quartero (class one from Arlington, Texas), and Barbara Lindstrom, one of New York state’s top five competitors the last three years.
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CELEBRATION — Coach John Robinson and members of the team celebrate after their 20-3 victory over Notre Dame.
Continuing Education college offers wide fall course variety
The university’s college of continuing education has announced a varied selection of classes available for credit and/or enrichment.
Topics for the courses range from man’s fascination with the sky to laymen’s law courses, from blues music to environmental sculpture, and from political violence seminars to romance writing.
Themen who created such favorite characters as “Bambi,” “Betty Boop,” “Krazy Kat,” and more will be the featured guests at the College of Continuing Education course, “Animation: From ‘Krazy Kat’ to ‘Charlie Brown.’ ”
Scheduled to begin Sept. 3, the course traces styles and concepts of animation from its earliest beginnings to today, and presents some possible reasons for the various forms animation has taken over the years.
Frank Thomas, of Disney Studios, reviews the evolution of Disney animation from “Fantasia” to "Bambi;” Grim Natwick, animator for the “Betty Boop” and "Popeye” cartoons, and Mike Lau, an early MGM animator, will discuss the animation techniques of the 1930’s and 40's.
Bill Melendez, producer of the “Charlie Brown” shows today, will discuss the early days
of Warner Brothers and UPA studio (United Productions of America).
Discussing the current animation styles of “Saturday Morning,” Jan Green, Bob Singer and Art Scott from Hanna-Barbera will speak about the restrictions placed on animation today.
Bernie Gruver, Peabody and Emmy award-winner for “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” leads the course.
Several animated films will be shown throughout the course, including: “Krazy Kat at the Circus;” Felix the Cat, “Out of the Inkwell;” the first Tom and Jerry cartoon, “Mouse Trouble;” and “Gerald McBoingBoing.”
The class meets Thursday evenings Sept. 3 to December
10,	from 7 to 9:30, and may be taken for credit. Fee is $110.
In today’s world, political violence and assassination are disturbing facts of modern life. “However, in comparison with Europe,” said Lloyd Moote, history professor at the university, “the U.S. has very little political violence.”
Modte, who leadds a College of Continuing Education lecture series. “Political Violence and Assassination,” says that the U.S. is proportionately lower in instances of political violence than Europe.
This is partly due to the fact
that we in. the U.S. identify assassination and violence as an abnormal act, whereas peoples in other parts of the world often see it as an act of conspiracy, and a catalyst to political change.
The lecture series combines guest speakers and films togive participants a historical and psychological overview of political violence and assassination, and put American violence in a broader perspective of time and space.
Lecture topics include terrorism, psychology and morality of assassins, effects of political violence on society, U.S. political climate and assassination, and an exploration of assassinations of U.S. political figures during the twentieth century.
Author of numerous historical books and articles. Professor Moote has received many awards, including the Guggenhejm Fellow Award, and American Philosophical Society and Haynes Foundation grants. He has previously taught at the Universities of Toronto, Cincinnati and Minnesota.
The series of five lectures meets Tuesday afternoons from 4 to 7 on the USC campus this fall. Fee is $50 for the series, $10 for the individual lectures.
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