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Van flips at McClintock and Jefferson
No one was seriously injured. Cardinal Gardens residents helped the victims.
BY LIDIANA P0RTALES
Sian Wniei
A car collided with a van at about noon Sunday at the intersection of Jeflerson Boulevard and McClintock Avenue, causing a family van to flip several times before hitting a third car.
The drivers of two cars were alone, but the van was filled with a family including two young children. No one sustained serious injuries but all but one were taken to California Hospital Medical Center, police said.O
“I heard the sound of tires screeching,” said Marie Lu, a sophomore majoring in biology. “I turned around and saw the van flipping.”
Eyewitnesses and officers on the scene said that a Nissan Sentra was heading east on Jefferson Boulevard when a Toyota Previa driving in the opposite direction turned left onto McClintock Avenue. The Nissan Sentra then hit the Toyota Previa on the pas senger side.
While it was not yet clear who was at fault, witnesses said both cars had a green light.
Left turns at Jefferson Boulevard are not protected by a light.
The van, crushed on both sides, landed on its passengei side. The
Nissan* front end was heavily damaged.
“The (driver of the Nissan Sentra) might have been going a little faster than it should have, but it’s hard to tell,” aaid Audrey Smith, a senior majoring in cinema production who witnessed the accident “But the light was definitely green for both of them. There was no way that the car could have come to a complete stop that fast”
Maria Guterman, a senior majoring in business, whose car was the last
one hit in the collision, was Mopped at the red light on McClintock Avenue when the two vehicles hit in front of her. She said she watched the van flip toward her Volkswagen Jetta.
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Accident. Milton and Ingrid Sanchez, famity members of the occupants of the van, were called to the accident scene to search for personal belongings
INSIDE
Trojans score 27 unanswered
points to overcome Arizona State, 37-17. USC is 1-1 in the Pac-10.20
Student Newspaper of the University,of Southern California Since 1912
October 6, 2003
PART ONE OF A FIVE-PART SERIES
USC has grown dramatically since it began as a small Methodist school in 1880. Along the way, the university has faced bumps in the road.
Map by Hoover llrbanRenewal Advisory Committee I Courtesy of University Arctwas
History. Before the university expanded in the late 1960s, the campus was much smaller. The university ended at McClintock Avenue, whereas it ends at Vermont Avenue today. Notice also that Trousdale Parkway was called University Avenue.
Expanding
By ZACH FOX
Contributing Writer
When constructed in 1880, the University of Southern California was a small, Methodist university with an enrollment of 53 students taught by a faculty of 10 teachers.
By 1947, enrollment had ballooned to 24,000, and many of the university's main buildings, such as the Bovard Administration building and the Student Union, were established.
area surrounding the university	Redevelopment Agency
campus in the eariy 1960s was con- The law allowl-eminent sidered by both university and city domain as long as there is justifi-government officials to be in a	cation that it will result in the bet-
state of blight	ter good of the entire community.
The use of this right provoked
In an effort to alleviate the
Greatest
university
expansion
problem, the university collaborat-	community resentment toward the
ed with the Community	project
Redevelopment Agency, an oigani- “Some were upset by the use of happened in the zation established by the City eminent domain, but for most peo- 1960s and Council in 1948, on the Hoover	pie. the real issue was a very
Redevelopment Project	human one." said Richard Sherer, a
But because the CRA used emi-	freelance journalist who graduated
nent domain to purchase local res-	from USC in 1967. “They were
idential areas, many axnmunity	upset by being uprooted from a
The university's greatest expan-	members became upset	house where they had lived for 50
sion came in the 1960s and 1970s, "There's always controversy	years, a house they might have .
where in a 20year span, the uni- •	when a redevelopment agency	built with their very own hands."
versity built 83 buildings using expands, because they have the	For	many	of	those	forced	to
more than $150 million.	right to eminent domain,” siid	relocate, the use of eminent
But the expansion did not hap-	Laura Meyers, member of the	domain did not matter as much as
pen without controversy.	Hoover Project Area Community of	the basic fact that they had to
At the time of the project the	the Los Angeles Community
1970s.
The university used eminent domain to acquire some of the property it owns today.
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Thousands walk for Alzheimer’s awareness
By SUMAYYA AHMAD
Contributing Writer
About 2,000 people walked three miles Saturday
will go toward educational programs regarding Alzheimer’s Disease for the community, said Cathy Ladd, director of the Alzheimer’s Association of Los Angeles. Money will also provide training for professionals to help improve the quality of care for people with dementia, she said. ‘
“This disease will directly impact our generation, unless we find a cure or detect earfy," said Kristen Schifrin, « 27-year-old pharmaceutical representative for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. “It is projected that 13 million Americans will be affected by Alzheimer’s disease and that could be us."
The walk is one of the biggest annual events sponsored by ALZLA.
According to the ALZLA, the amount of people with Alzheimer’s is expected to increase 350 percent by 2050.
Angelita Ramirez, a first grade teacher at Melbourne Elementary raised $350 and said this was her first year participating in the walk. Her mother, who is now 84, was diagnosed with Alzheimer!} three years ago.
She said she participated in the walk “to raise money and make more people aware with what Alzheimer’s can do to a loved one.”	/	•
It was difficult for Ramirez to watch her mother with the disease, she said. The disease started with her mother having difficulty following directions or remembering what to do next and she became confused and angry, she said.
Eventually, Ramirez made the decision to place her mother in a home.	-
“I felt anxiety and guilt and grief because I felt like I
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