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Volume CVII, Number 8
University of Southern California
Friday, September 16, 1988
Macs on sale at university
Apple Computer offers price break for students, staff
By Carole Cleveland
Staff Writer
The university and Apple Computer Inc. have teamed up to offer students the latest in computer technology at reduced prices.
The University Bookstore computer sales division is sponsoring a six-week fair offering discount packages called "Mac Bundles" and featuring demonstrations of the latest Apple computers.
Different computer equipment is offered in each bundle
with savings of up to $437 of retail prices. The packages also include free software programs, said Leslie Goldsmith, a senior and an Apple student representative.
"These bundle sales are taking place at only a few universities across the nation," Goldsmith said.
"We want to put computers in the hands of faculty, staff and students," said Ron Lawrence, marketing support representative for Apple Computer. "We're working together to give the whole campus more computer technology. It's really exciting."
The university's current partnership with Apple is the result, of a 2 172 year process in which Apple assisted in designing pro-
grams for departments including anthropology, geology, physics, business and the Freshman Writing Program.
One program was designed to assist farmers on the South Pacific island of Bali to grow rice, their principle crop.
Several Macintosh computers are located in three water temples of Bali, where the Balinese irrigate their land. Balinese "water priests" use the Macintoshes to devise more modem irrigation techniques in order to grow better crops.
"It's kind of funny," said Lydia Zaffini, account executive for Apple Computer's Higher Education Division. "I've been to Bali, and they don't even have paved roads, much less (See Fair, page 3)
As the University Bookstore’s Computer Fair continued, many people received their new Apples Thursday. Students are able to benefit from discount computer prices throughout the six-week event.
Workshop shows rigors of student life overseas
By Kyra Phillips
Staff Writer
In Zimbabwe, Africa, you leam to sacrifice your privacy and share everything you own. Living inside straw huts, you are immersed in a culture dependent on collectivity where others come before yourself.
Your social, political and spiritual theories begin to broaden. You are studying abroad, possibly in Pakistan or in China — the choice is yours.
A workshop for graduate students interested in studying abroad, held Wednesday in Topping Student Center, gave prospective travelers a glimpse into life as a student overseas.
The seminar focused on various awards and exchange services, including the Fulbright, Rhodes and Rotary scholarships, which enable graduate students to go overseas and take advantage of a unique international experience.
Carol Thompson, an associate professor of political science, described aspects of her studies and experiences in Africa.
Study center completed at cinema school
By Deanna Ruck
Staff Writer
After more than a year of planning and about $50,000 in remodeling costs, the School of Cinema-Television has completed a study center for its students.
Located on the first floor of the Carson Television Center, the new facility represents the s desire to "move erf the celluloid world and into the world of
(See Workshop, page 3)
INDEPENDENCE DAY
FRANK WILLS / DAILY TROJAN
In celebration of Mexico's Cry of Independence, members of Xipetotec performed traditional Aztec dances in front of Tommy Trojan Thursday. After three centuries of colonial domination, Mexico declared itself independent of Spain’s rule in 1821.
Senate approves plan urging ethics for grads
By Anh Do
Assistant City Editor
To help provide "sound and moral leadership" in this country, the Student Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging university graduates to take a pledge to be ethical in their careers.
Written by Phil Clement, senate president, the optional pledge encourages graduates to "consider the full ethical and moral implications of any job or occupation" and not to "consider employment which they judge immoral or harmful to mankind or the environment."
"This is something that needs to be done," Clement said. "It should be self-evident. We wanted to get that message across.
"Administrators and professors individually will tell you to be ethical," he said. "But discussions of ethics and moral behavior in society are seldomly
touched on by the university."
To help implement the resolution, the senate appointed student community senator James Ruvalcaba to chair the graduation pledge committee.
In other business, the senate approved a resolution to help raise money for Bangladesh's relief efforts, following the country's worst flood that left nearly 48 million homeless.
It will set up a donation box by Tommy Trojan in the next two weeks. J.P. Singh, graduate senator of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, wrote the resolution.
The senate also approved a resolution to present its monthly "Friend of the Students" award to Robert Biller and his staff.
Biller is the dean of admissions, financial aid, and registration and records. The award recognizes marked improvements in this year's registration process.