INSIDE
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California JSince 1912
daily trojan, com
Jimmy Miller is one of Ttwo Westlake football ilayers to t verbally \commit to yluy jor tht \Trojans. 16
Vol. CXL1V, No. 55
HEALTH & MEDICINE
Migraines affect many in their 20s
(ienetics, hormones and missed meals can contribute to the onset of a migraine headache
By SHERRY ANNE RUBIANO
Staff Writer
“If we can change the way we deal with stress, that can help your headaches’
DR. LAURA KALAYJIAN
professor
neurology
It may start with tingling in the arms, or vision obscured by flickering pinpoints of light. Then half an hour later, a throbbing sensation surges through one side of the brain. And nausea sets in.
This is no ordinary headache: It’s a migraine
About 28 million Americans suffer from migraines, a genetic type of vascular headache that often lasts for four or more hours.
Most patients with migraines are in their 20s, 30s and 40s, said Dr. Laura Kalayjian, assistant professor of neurology at the Keck School of Medicine. Migraines can hit as early as childhood.
Migraines are triggered by a variety of factors, including an irregular sleeping cycle, missed meals, the odor of perfume, hormones and stress.
“Stress can be a big contributor to headaches,” Kalayjian said. "If we can change the way we deal with stress, that can help your headaches. College is obviously a high-stress time.”
Different types of foods can also lead to migraines, including aged cheese and red wine.
The causes for non-migraine headaches, which are characterized by a tight band around the forehead and a general pain in several areas of the head, may be due to muscle strain, tension or eye prescription problems.
One indicator that someone will experience a migraine is if they have an aura. Auras are "visual I see N—<—tm, page 13 I
lifBf iitmrirflrtrtT- •
< v W>vv>*ee„
MUM
CT*
7r i \
mm
'
IBKWWBiT'1
y v ■■ - ■ * *
: «• ■ . vat
,Kenneth lee IDaily Trojan
Emotional Steps. Antwone Fisher, author, spoke to students 1n Taper Hall Tuesday night about emotional health. Fisher says when he was young, he did not understand that he was molested as a foster child.
Fisher
The author, whose childhood abuse was profiled in a recent movie,
speaks in Taper Hall.
i, *v.
By SUSHMA SUBRAMAMIAN
Suff Writer
“To survive, you have to love yourself more than anyone else.”
That is what Antwone Fisher told an audience of about 100 people Tuesday night at Taper Hall of Humanities to explain how he overcame great struggles in his life to reach success.
Fisher, the author of “Finding Fish,” which was adapted into the movie “Antwone Fisher" starring Denzel Washington, spoke about his life in a violent foster home and his journeys in the navy to escape his difficult past
“If you told someone you loved yourself more, you’d probably get in trouble,” he said, "But it’s the only way we’re really able to live through hard things in our pasts."
Fisher said he had to walk away from his family when he was only 14.
“All this success with getting a book and a movie, that’s just gravy," Fisher said. “I’ve been successful ever since I left my past behind.”
Fisher lived with a foster mothei, whom he said treated the system as a business. While families with foster children receive money from the government for each child they take in, they often forget that money is supposed to be used on the children, he said.
“It’s a business that never works out,” Fisher said.
While many foster families join the system for the money, most find it unprofitable when they realize the children need to be fed and clothed. But Fisher’s foster parents said the kids were eating them out of house and home and told Fisher they
I see Flahar, page 3 l
Impeachment procedures under review
Senators may gain a vote in the removal of their peers.
By BRIAN REED
Staff Writer
Student Senate is considering an amendment to its constitutional bylaws that would make it more difficult to remove a senator from office.
While the executive cabinet currently has sole discretion in senator impeachment, a proposed rhange would give senator* a voire in the removal process, said All Kahn, I tee liwto 13 1
Credit Union gives emergency fire loans
Applicants must prove they have suffered property damage, injuries or family loss to receive the loans.
By SUMAYYA AHMAD
Contributing Writer
The USC Credit Union is offering emergency fire loans of up to $5400 for its members who are victims of the recent wildfires in Southern California.
‘The Credit Union to a non-profit service corporation. We’re here limply to benefit our members,” said Gary Pras, CEO of the USC Credit Unioa Tf our members hare a need, we should provide it for them"
The wildfires burned 75(1000 acres and destroyed 3,500 homes, the Lo> Angeles Thna* reported
To appfy for the load, applicants must hare suffered d—y to property. family injuries or leas of life They must be eligible for the USC Credit
Union membership, which includes students, faculty, staff and alumni.
The loans are at the current prime interest rate lerfcf. with no added rates for 36 months and no repayment penalties. Prime interest to the minimum interest rate charged by banks, and to currently 4 percent
”10 many cases, k will help Individuals meet their personal needs,’ said Irene Nielson, associate vice president of consumer lending at the USC Credit Unioa “We realize it is a bard time for some of our memben and wanted to help meet their needs."
Prar and Michael Kim, vice president of lending, came up with the idea, Nielson said. ,
"Both of them were the ones who put this together and presented it to
us," Nielson said. "They had it in play since last week."
Pm thought of the idea because he felt that it was a service the Credit Union should provide, he said. Getting the loan through the Credit Union would reduce the "layers of bureaucracy" for members, he added.
“Tht loan we are offering is a bridge to help people settle insurance proceeds, and secure their finances," Prazsaid. 1,'	^
The credit onion has received less than 100 calls so far regarding the loans, Pitt said, adding that he was surprised not many people hare called.
The USC Credit Union has offered emergency loans in the past, such ss for the Whittier-Northridge earthquakes.
“We have done other disastrous events and felt that it wss a call to action. We had a need to help them get I sm Lmm pafe 11
USQ Thornton School of $ Music students teach kids guitar every week. 7
mmmm' i
New» Digest__Upcoming.—2
Opinion*..-^,—..4 Lifestyle____7
Classified*___12 SportL__It
WEATHER IP??
vU '- 'I tit ‘ im •-* j.T/' /	\
loAty: Showers. High is 65, Tomorrow: High 66, low 47.
*