Summer orientation begins with ‘boot camp ’ for advisers
By Rhoda Fukushima
Staff Writer
Fifteen student advisers are in the midst of what some of them described as “boot camp” — the final week of training before the first two-day summer orientation, which begins June 15.
"If we didn't go through this, we wouldn't know what to do," said Kim Lopez, a senior majoring in international relations.
The advisers will review advisement procedures, stuff 5,000 information packets and attend specific sessions covering such topics as working with disabled students, and administering first aid, said Peggy Kravitz, director of the Office of Orientation Programs.
Advisers were chosen from a group of 70 applicants and will serve at all 12 orientation sessions this summer. They are: Tina Colbourne, Betsey Fuller, Cyrice Griffith, William Hardy, Chris Hite, Kathi Lattanzio, Judi LeMay, Rex Liu, Kim Lopez, Heather Neely, Anthony Rowe, Carol Silberman, Tim Sullivan, Vicky Vestal and Russell West.
They receive a stipend of $1,200 plus room and board for the duration of summer orientation.
The adviser-student ratio is about 1:15 students, Kravitz said. She expects about 250 students per session.
"We want to make sure everything runs smoothly so freshmen will have a positive experience," said Judi LeMay, a senior majoring in French. "We want to start them off on the right foot."
Cyrice Griffith, a junior majoring in psychology, regrets not attending orientation as a freshman. "I didn't go through but should have. So many students walk around here unknowing. They don't know what's expected of them."
This final week of preparation caps training that began in the spring semester. "They took a class — Internship in Orientation Advisement — where they learned about advisement, the university and its resources, and services, such as financial aid, housing and security," Kravitz said.
The months of training have not dispelled all the advisers' fears. Not knowing answers to the students' questions worries Betsey Fuller, a senior majoring in psychology.
"I'm afraid I'll be at a loss for words," LeMay said. "We've been talking (about orientation) for so long, and it's finally here. We're their first impression of 'SC and we can't slip up."
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Volume Cl, Number 4	University of Southern California	Wednesday, June 11, 1986
Thorell elevated to vice president
Three suspects held for killing near Coliseum
By Matthew Gaven
Staff Writer
Police have arrested three suspects believed responsible for the murder of an Orange Countv high school student who was shot Saturdav evening in an alley near the Coliseum.
LAPD Detective Verne King said Carlos Chavez, 18, along with a 14-year-old male and a 16-vear-old female, was apprehended after investigators at the crime scene spotted a youth who fit a description given to the police bv a witness.
King said all three teenagers were arrested Monday on suspicion of murdering Suzanne Coleman, 16, of Santa Ana, who was shot in the head twice while looking for her purse after being robbed bv one of the suspects.
The investigators believe that Chavez fired the shots, King added.
The incident began after Coleman and her boyfriend, Christopher Barth, 18, of Fountain Valiev, left the Super Bowl of Motorcross at the Coliseum earlier that evening.
Coleman and Barth were unable to locate their car which was parked on a local side street because the Coliseum parking lots were full.
Thev were approached bv a man and woman who robbed them at knifepoint, taking Cole-
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By Bryon Okada
Staff Writer
Shari Thorell, formerly the associate vice president for university relations and executive director of the General Alumni Association, has been promoted to vice president for alumni relations.
The promotion, which takes effect July 1, means that Thorell will represent the more than 200,000 alumni at the policy-making level of the university.
President James Zumberge said in a press release that the appointment "recognizes the ever-increasing importance of the alumni to the future development of the University of Southern California."
Thorell, who will report to Roger Olson, senior vice president for university relations, said she considered the appointment to be a promotion for the whole Trojan Family instead of just an individual one.
"It's a reflection of the really outstanding volunteering and donating record of the Trojan Family," Thorell said.
Thorell emphasized the future, saying she felt the university has much potential because it was "uniquely situated."
Olson elaborated on this in the press release, saving, "As this region becomes increasingly critical to the nation and the world, and as USC evolves as a major research university of international distinction, it becomes even more important for us to harness the leadership ability of our alumni."
Olson spoke with confidence about Thorell's abilities, saying, "As vice president for alumni relations, she will play a major role in involving alumni in increasingly effective ways in the life of the university."	.
Thorell said, "We are always in the process of evolving because we need to stay current."
She said that it was necessary to instill in every student the fact that one day he or she would be part of the university's alumni.
Current students needed to be involved in the
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alumni process, Thorell said, adding that "the Trojan Family begins there."
Students need to think of themselves, not as freshmen or sophomores, but "as Class of 1990," she said, adding that every students is a lifetime member of the ongoing university process.
Thorell emphasized that the graduation of students did not mean the end of the relationship with the university.
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and the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters.
He served as chief of the Air Force Reserve from 1975 to 1979, assigned to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
At the university, Lyon is a member of USC Associates and of Commerce Associates, a group which supports the School of Business Administration.
On Tuesday, Orr was selected president elect of the General Alumni Association, making him a member of the Board of Trustees for a three-year term.
Orr, a university graduate, has been a member of the board of directors of the General Alumni Association since 1980. He has also served board of directors of the university's Legion Lex from 1975 to 1980, and on the board of counselors of the law school from 1973 to 1977.
Professionally, Orr has been a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, a Los Angeles law firm, since 1980.
He also served as chairman of the business law section of the State Bar of California from 1979 to 1980, among other professional and community activities.
Orr, a resident of Pacific Palisades, received a doctor of law degree from the university in 1972 and is currently pursuing a masters degree from the School of Business Administration.
By Bryon Okada
Staff Writer
William Lyon, a building magnate, and Ronald Orr, a Los Angeles attorney, have been elected to the university's Board of Trustees.
They will join the group of national leaders who make monetary and policy decisions for the university.
Lyon is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the William Lvon Co. of Newport Beach, one of the largest
residential and land developers in the nation; chairman and chief executive officer of AirCal; and chairman of Golden West Homes, an Orange County-based companv that builds mobile homes used throughout the western United States.
Lyon was recently inducted into the California Building Industry Hall of Fame and Professional Builder magazine recognized him as the professional builder of the year.
Lyon, a Newport Beach resi-
dent, was born in Los Angeles and educated at the university's School of Public Administration as well as the Dallas Aviation School and Air College.
His military career spans back to combat missions in Korea, Europe and the Pacific.
A retired major general of the U.S. Air Force, Lyon received 17 military awards and decorations, including the Presidential Unit Citation, Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit,
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