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Three alums vie for Gov. in recall election
Alumni say they art less noticeable than others, but /ust as worthy of job
By KEVIN MERICKE1
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Smog is on the rise in Southern California
Stagnant weather and a
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Jewish students ready themselves for holiday
lack of rain are Ucause of increase, experts say
By RACHEL GALLEGOS
Suff Writer
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The Oct 7 recall election may leatuic money, lame and media exposure, but a few IJSC alumni are running for gover nor with little fanfare by using the Internet local c able channels and bus touts to spread their campaign messages
Lawrence Strauss, Dick Lane and Konald I’aluueri are all cam paigmng in the recall election.
"I know I wouldn't be a media darling, said Lane, a democrat who leceived his doctorate in international relations at USC in 1975.
Lane knew he wouldn't get the same exposure as some of the top candidates, but with the Internet, he is gaining some notoriety, he wud.
Lane said he has sent about
nine million e-mails with links to his Web site
Strauss, a democrat who gradu ated magna cum laude ih 1988 with a degree in finance and real estate, said he is running his campaign on $1,000
He is using small cable news channels to speak about his campaign platform because advertising on local television is too expensive, Strauss said.
Strauss also said he plans to tour California from San Diego to Sacramento on a bus for his cam-paign.
While most of the USC candidates said they are running in the election to win, one said he doesn’t want any votes.
Palmieri, a democrat and former USC valedictorian in 1972 and the first openly gay candidate to run for governor, wants con-
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By PRATUL THAKER
Staff Writer
About 300 students are expected to gather Monday for Yom Kippur services at the Hillel Jewish Foundation on Hoover Street and the Chabad Jewish Student Center on Severance Street Many of the university's 3,000 Jewish students will go home for Yom Kippur, a day of atonement which is one of the most significant holidays in Judaism. It marks the culmination of a 10-day period of
introspection that began Friday with Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Fasting, which begins Sunday at sunset, is a focal point of Yom Kippur, said Gabe Gianola, a senior majoring in cinema-television critical studies an(t co-director of the Jewish Filmmakers Forum at Hillel.
“It helps me to focus on the significance of atonement and focus on what (I've) done over the past year," Gianola said. “For the entire year you're off in school doing secular
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USC students looking toward downtown skyscrapers may not be able to see them.
A stagnant weather period during the winter and summer may haw increased smog this past year, said Constantiqos Sioutas, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. , V:	-	v
During this time, “wind is almost at zero velocity” and the air masses do not move, Sioutas said.
*The emissions, in a way, get trapped," he added.
Pollution levels io previous years were kept lower because the area saw more rain, Sioutas said.
Smog levels in the greater Los Angeles area are the highest since 1997, according to an article published in the Sept 24 Los Angeles Times. The high levels of smog are due to hot, stagnant weather and the growing emissions from cars, ships, factories and household % products. *	::y	*
, The past five years in particular have been unusUal in terms of the weather because the summers have been cooler than normal, said Ronald Henry, professor of civil and environmental engineering.
The combination of weather factors “led to lower levels of pollution concentrations” during that time, he said. ‘	,
Because USC is downwind from a large portion of downtown Los Angeles, the area suffers from high levels of pollution, Sioutas said.
The emissions accumulate as the • wind moves them, he added.
Pollutants travel from west to east with the wind so USC and downtown have worse air than UCLA and other areas to the west, Sioutas said.
The ])ad news for the students at USC is fhat they are “surrounded by all these freeways," Henry said.
“(The) poor people in the dorms" haVe to worry about “being real close to the freeway,” because of the emissions that come from freeway areas, he said.
The good news is that around noon, the sea breeze pushes away the emissions from the cars and dilutes (hem, he said.
Scientific reasons for smog
Smog is defined as a low-lying layer of polluted air that is made from sunlight reacting with hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides that come from emissions.
Two of the major factors that cause smog are ozone, which occurs from chemical reactions in the
Faith. Jennifer Cohen, left, and Elisa Singer, middle, both juniors majoring in vocal performance, lead prayers and song with Rabbi Jonathan Klein at the Rosh Hashanah service at the Hillel House.
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React. Adarene Hoag, a senior at the University of California, Berkeley majoring in women’s studies, and Donyelle Baugh, an 11th grader at Oakland Technical High School, listen to speakers during Tuesday's rally.
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By TESSA WILLIAMS
Contributing Writer
A group of more than 50 protesters rallied and marched through USC and the surrounding community in protest of Proposition 54 on Wednesday.
If approved by voters on Oct 7, Proposition 54 would prohibit state and local governments from classifying any person by race, color, ethnicity or national origin.
“Proposition 54 is being called a racial privacy act, but the color of my skin is nothing private,” said Kevin Rabsatt, a member of the USC chapter of the NAACP.
“We track race because we know that racism exists in such things as health care and education. With
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Proposition 54, there’s no way to keep track of what society does, and that is just what they want to do,” said Rabstatt, a graduate student majoring in computer science.
The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration and Fight For Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) and the USC NAACP Chapter sponsored the two-and-a-half hour rally.
After the rally, protesters marched through ^'Trousdale Parkway, down Vermont Avenue, through the surrounding community and then back up Jefferson Boulevard, occupying the right lane of traffic through most of the march.
National BAMN organizers Jodi Masley and Adam Lerman, who traveled to Southern California for the month from Detroit, led the rally. With megaphone in hand, Masley, spoke to an overwhelming crowd of protesters and passersby.
“We can stand up against these
racist billionaires who are putting their plans in California to make it a testing ground for the natiofi,” Masley said. “They want to do away with racial classifications; not to stop racism, but to stop the figures from being printed. Proposition 54 means segregation by law. It's about keeping blacks, Asians and Latinos out of powerful positions in the state,” she said.
Several students from the University of California, Berkeley, BAMN Chapter attended the rally to support possible new members of the BAMN Chapter at USC.
“BAMN fights for equality,” said Andrea Morales, a BAMN member at Berkeley. “USC would benefit from another organization dedicated to changing racism and inequality; Marches and rallies get people’s attention and that's how we educate them.”
The USC NAACP Chapter has I see Proposition, page 111