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'It all happened because of what he did*
ROBERT DURON
team caotain 1949,1950 Men's Volleyball Team
Hans Vogels men’s team
won two national titles
thdt USC did not
recognize for 50 years.
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By DEVON SANCEDA
Contributing Writer
More than 50 years after two championship seasons, the 1949 and 1950 USC Men’s Volleyball teams are -finally being recognized for their achievements thanks to the perseverance of their coach, USC alumnus Hans Vogel, who spent years fighting for the recognition of the team he founded.
' The two teams, which won the first two men’s national collegiate championship tournaments «*er held, werehonoifedbyUSA Volleyball and USC in October in Heritage Hjall.
Despite the national championships titles, die volleyball program was ended in 1951 after the university did not give Vogel’s team the financial aid it needed for the program to continue, Vogel said. It would not bf reborn until about 10 years later.
Vogel’s teams were all but forgotten until recently, when Vogel began his quest to renew interest in the team.
History
Vogel, who grew up in Long Reach and learned to play volleyball on the sand, came to USC in 1946 lifter serving three years in World War II and briefly attending the UC Berkeley and Long Beach City College. Upon graduating in the sprlog of 1947, Vogel I see VaNoyball, page IS I
Members of a Writing 340 class turned an assignment into a community-based effort to make an Adams Boulevard crossing safer.
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Staff Writer
Five students are pushing to replace the flashing yellow light at the intersection of Adams Boulevard and Severance Street to improve the crosswalk’s safety.
The group, which formed from a Writing 340 class, is proposing to install a light that would be green at all times except when a pedestrian pushes a button to cross, said" Craig O’Neill, a junior majoring in business. The light would turn red, forcing traffic to stop.
“I fear for my life every time I cross the street," said Vivian Steiner, a junior majoring in international delations and one of the group members. '	"T[ ‘ '
The group presented its information and idea at a town hall meeting held by first district council member Ed Reyes at Norwood Elementary School two weeks ago.
In the proposal, Steiner stated that motorists have come to ignore the flashing yellow light.
“I think the record shows that they’re not working," said Jon Bickenbach, a junior majoring in business.
Since the intersection is between the first and eighth districts, the group is collaborating with both areas. They are consulting with a civil engineer of the eighth district During the last two months, cars have hit eight pedestrians and bikers, according to the Department ot Public Safety. The group says the accidents show the crosswalk s needs modification in order to protect students’ safety. '> The reported incidents, however, did not occur at the Adams Boulevard and Severance Street intersection.
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The proposal stemmed from a class writing prompt to propose a change that would better a Southern California community, Steiner said.	,
After finishing the paper for a grade, the group took the idea further and began circulating a petition near campus. The door-to-door effort has yielded about 60 sig-
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Coach, hlans Vogelhelped coach the USC Men’s Volleyball team to two national'championships in 1949 and 1950. He quit in 1951 after the university refused to recognize the team as an official university sport.	V- V/.
Released list month, the report, titled “Recruiting Trends," is based on a national survey of 450 employers who projected their probability for employing students with bachelor degrees. According to this year's survey, 60 percent will hire more students out of college than last year.
Dt Phil Gardner, director of the Institute and principal investigator of the survey, found the number predicted in last year's report was fairly dose to what actually happened in the various lob markets.
“They (the surveys) tell a picture, they tell a story, and we try to make student* prepared for what the story say*T he said.
Gardner, who has beaded the research institute for 19 yean and I see CM*. page IS I
Study finds that soon-to-be grads will find work more easily than last year’s classt
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By NICOLE BILBREW
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Graduating seniors of the class of 2004 may find more employment opportunities than last year’s graduates. according to a study by Michigan State University.
In the spring of 2004, the percent of students who will be hired straight out of college is predicted to increase from 3 percent to 8 percent according to a report conducted by the (Ollegiate Employment Research Institute, a sector of MSU’s Career Services and Placement center.