Valentine s Day will offer students more than just roses and romance
By Catherine Baldwin
Staff Writer
Volume XCVIII, Number 23	University	of	Southern	California	Tuesday,	February	12,	1985
Moot Court finals boast the best in law
By James Jones
Assistant Gty Editor
The four best law students in the Moot Court competition participated in the final round Friday, with the finalists fighting for honors in the written and oral advocacy sections.
First place honors in the oral advocacy section was awarded to Kathryn Jones, with runner-up honors going to C. Dana Hobart.
The finals were held in the Norris Cinema Theatre before a crowd of more than 350 faculty members, administrators, law students, family and friends.
The four finalists were given two weeks to prepare and present an oral argument on a fictitious case before a panel of distinguished judges and members of the state bar.
Each finalist was given a 15-minute limit to deliver his speech, with the panel of judges constantly questioning facts in order to give a more realistic flavor to the competition.
Winners in the written section for the appellant's argument were Hobart and John McMahon, and the winners for the appellee's argument were Mary Dem, Carol Kvenvik, John LaViolette and Noah Wofsy.
Honorable mention for the written appellant's argument went to Lance Gams and Jones and, for the appellee, the winners were Joel Boyer and Diane Long.
"I feel very relieved and very excited/' said Jones, this year's winner. "It gave me a lot of experience and involved a lot of intensive research and a lot of time.
"I'm really glad it turned out well. I feel it was worth it. Even the people that didn't get this far, I think that they still feel it was worth it. I'm just the lucky one that gets to say that for sure because I have the certificate to show it," she said.
Hobart, runner-up in the oral section, said he was relieved the competition was over and said, "It was fun. It was enjoyable to argue.
"The program is terrific. I think that the opportunity to get involved in this sort of thing is important. I think it is a good skill to get
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SCIENCE HALL UPGRADED
1925 building under $5 million renovation
By Pablo Lopez
Staff Writer
Workers toil, ripping down walls, shoveling debris and making noise with high power tools.
The old College of Pharmacy, built in 1925 and now known as the south wing of Science Hall, is bieng gutted and marked for renovation.
"It must have been a beautiful building when it was first built," said Stan Sonnega, senior draftsman of Architectural Services, about the three-story brick and wood building.
"But the university plans to spend somewhere around S5 million to revamp it," he added.
Sonnega said the south wing had to be renovated because the building was illegal the way it stood.
The Department of Building and Safety in Los Angeles cited the building in 1981 under earthquake safety codes. Most buildings built before 1933 have to undergo renovation, a department spokesman said.
Sonnega said the unreinforced brick building — the south wing — will be upgraded to current seismic standards. He also said the asbestos, which was found on plumbing piping, will be removed.
Workers from Micca Construction, in Long Beach, said they have been working on the clean-up project for two weeks.
Now in its final clean-up stages, trash is being thrown from platforms on the third story into gigantic trash bins. Electric saws and grinders rip at the insides of the building.
Plans call for an additional three-story structure to be built in the interior courtyard of the south wing. The old home for pharmacy students will soon house geological science students.
"It's going to be wonderful to move into the building," said Don Vail, executive administrator of geological sciences.
"We are in four different buildings clustered around Science Hall. Now we're going to h.ive a modem facility." he said.
Sonnega said the project should take about five months. A similar renovation took place at the School of Accounting three years ago.
Doors to the building are boarded up now. Walls, which once separated classrooms and laboratories, are marked for demolition.
Stray wires and piping hang from the ceiling. Chicken wire protrudes through the plasterboard walls and smashed tile is scattered across the floor.
Chalkboards, empty gallon jugs of N-Butyl alcohol, and the engraved COLLEGE OF PHARMACY on the outside of the south wing are the only reminders that the school was once there.
Established in 1905, the College of Pharmacy has since been renamed the School of Pharmacy, which is now located in the John Stauffer Building, across the street from the USC-County Medical Center.
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Valentine's Day brings to mind long-stemmed roses, champagne and candlelight. But various groups on campus are taking a non-traditional approach to the holiday of romance.
Students can celebrate Valentine's Day Thursday by cruising the ocean off Newport Beach, celebrating with the Gay and Lesbian Student Union or viewing the French movie, A Man and a Woman.
A three-hour Valentine's Day cruise is scheduled for Feb. 14, and is being sponsored by the Residential Hall and Student Community Councils and the South and North Complexes.
Champagne and dancing to the music of a disc jockey will be provided for the estimated 250 passengers. Transportation to and from the boat will be by busses, which will leave at 6:30 p.m. and will return at
1	a.m.
Tickets are $25 for couples and $15 per person and will be available through Wednesday.
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Phrateres member Kathy Cully sells Valentine balloons, one of several special items which can be ordered for Feb. 14.
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