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Vol. CXLIV, No. 48
The ( ily of Los Angeles Ikisscs u new ordinance against public defecation
By SUMAYYA AHMAD
Contributing Writer
The IAngeles City Council unanimously passed an ordinance last week that makes it illegal to uri nate or defecate in public, which may impact USC partygoers and the homeless
The ordinance would allow law enforcement to punish offenders with fines as high as $1,000 or up to six months in jail.
“When you gotta go, you gotta go. Its a natural thing," said Alex McCormick, a junior majoring in business administration, who has seen the occurrence several times at USC.
McCormick said he thinks if the ordinance came into affect, people would probably “zip up" and take the offense seriously.
Philip Ethington, a professor of history at USC who specializes in urban history, said that the problem lies in providing public facilities for people to use.
"This is mainly a problem in the United States, because we don’t recognize the need for public services, like public bathrooms. The real problem is not providing for public bathrooms. The problem isn’t that people urinate in stairway shafts, it’s that there aren’t enough places for the public to go and use the bathroom,” Ethington said.
Cordero said that the ordinance is a particular'concern for the downtown area, where there are a lot of homeless people.
“This has probably been a concern for the community for a while. This is in response to the city and community wanting to ensure the cleanliness of the city," Cordero said.
More than half of U.S. cities have similar ordinances in effect, includ-l see Ordinance, page 111
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Immaculate recaption. USC wide receiver Keary Colbert grabs a Matt Leinart pass despite pressure from a defender. Colbert had a season-high nine catches during Saturday’s 43-16 win over Washington State. The win moved the Trojans to No. 2 In both the Associated Press and Coaches polls.
USC holds Washington State to minus-25 yards rushing in 43-16 win.
“Your? ranked but not first in your darn league? That stinks. IYn glad that's not the case any more.”
By JACKSON DeMOS
Sports Editor
After all the fans left the Coliseum on Saturday, a hand-painted sign remained that read: “We can smell the sugar.”
Third-ranked USC dismantled No. 6 Washington State, 43-16, in front of a homecoming crowd of 82,478. The win, coupled with No. 2 Miami’s loss to Virginia Tech, boosted the Trojans’ dances of playing in the national championship Sugar Bowl game.
“I was on the sideline looking at the score (of the Miami game) going,
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affirm nor deny the claim that 9/11
A USC professor of law and history edited a collection of essays that examine the historic weight of Sept 11,2003.
nation has changed but rather an academic review of the claim that everything has changed
"Others - Bush, politicians, and 1 collection of scholarly essays written	the media — were constructing the
by professors and experts from a wide	meaning of 9/11They said it was a
range of fields, including Islamic law,	moment that changed everything,”
public affairs, international law,	Dudziak said. “BOt we don’t know how
English American studies and	history will play out so we can neither
constitutional law and theory,	affirm nor deny the claim that 9/11
Contributors came from a variety of changed everything.” schools including UCLA, Princeton,	Politicians and the Bush adminis-
New York University and American	tration are using the supposed change
University.	*	brought	about by the Sept 11 attacks
Dudziak stressed that the book is to justify preemptive war and the USA not a documentation of how the	|	M	^ pa^e ^ |
By JESSICA PARKS
Contributing Writer
A new book edited by a USC professor of law and history examines the claim that the Sept 11 terrorist attacks "changed everything”
The book, edited by professor Mary L Dudziak, is expected to be released in January 2004.
Titled “September 11 in History: A Watershed Moment?," the book is a
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