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It this real?	Students gather at	McCarthy Quad	to	watch	“Animal	House"	on	Wednesday night. The screening	was pert of an ,
‘effort on	behalf of the Greek Student Assembly	to	quash	etereotypes about Greek life.
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there “don’t really like to know about	of the Office for Residential and
It started with a joke. Sophomore	(that),” she said.	Greek Life.
Matt Basco and a friend were	"There	are dot of misconcep-	“This film was made by experts;
quietly chatting in dass last year	tions about Greeks," said Basco, an	we don’t recommend you try this at
when they couldn't stifle their laugh-	international relations and econom-
ter any longer. The professor noticed	ics major who is executive director
And the assumptions began.	of the Greek Student Assembly.
Laughing in dass? The professor	“(But) we’re not all just a bunch of
thought the two were stoned —	troublemaking partiers.*
thought about it so much she report- This semester; Basco has been
ed to campus authorities that the	working to combat such stereotypes,	the movie to emphasize that the
pair was high on marijuana, Basco GSA sponsored the	moviefe images of Greek life are	^
recounted.	/	Deconstructing Greek Stereotypes	largely outdated and untrue, Basco
The reason *he jumped to such a Movie Night Wednesday in McCarthy said conclusion, Basco said is that he Quad as an attempt	The event is part of GSAs cam-
and his friend |re members of a fra* A smattering of students	paign this year to educate students
ternity.	swarmed pizzaboxes end weathered	and staff about Greek organizations.
Greek career counselor Denise	damp grads to watch the college clas- The assembly is also running a series
Leong said some students have told	sic, “National Lampoon’s Animal	of advertisements in the Daily Trojan
home," Taylor told students. He called the movie about a group of misfits and their wild dealings with college administrators and Greeks an “eternal classic and an eternal fantasy" 4; GSA chose Taylor to introduce
her that when applying to certain professional schools at USC. they
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Publishing companies seek to prevent students from buying their textbooks 1 online from sources outside the U.S.
By GINA GOODWILL
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When Christopher Roth, a freshman majoring in com puter science, saw the $129.99 price tag on his Calculus 3 textbook, he was outraged. So he did what he considered to be the only logical action — he bought the exact same textbook online, from Great Britain, for only $59.
“I thought the price was ridiculous," Roth said. "I went online and looked for all my textbooks... 1 didn’t know if it was going to be overseas or not (but) I didn’t care.”
Roth is not the only student to buy some of his books from another country. The rising cost of textbooks has led many students nationwide to resort to buying their books overseas, where the average textbook costs one half of what it costs in America, plus the cost of shipping, according to recent news reports.
But with increasing numbers of students buying their books overseas, publishers are starting to take notice.
“Its a growing issue, (and) publishers are real that students going overseas are cutting them said Raymond KJcDermott course materials manager for
Publishers are now starting to enforce part of their contract with suppliers that states that books in other countries cannot be re-imported and sold in the United States, McDermott said
Publishers are also taking additional steps, such as having workers on the commerce hoard af Customs stop large shipments of books from entering the U.S. from other countries, and putting “international addition" gv	I	see	Beebe,	page	11
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Campus-wide program focuses on sponsoring projects that will think of new ways to solve complex urban problems
By LINDSEY MVIS
Contributing Writer
By ALICE WALTON
Suff Writer
The Lyon Center lounge was filled with unusual activity on Wednesday afternoon. Fifty women, with serious expressions and full hair and makeup, stretched and mimicked dances in their high school cheerleading uniforms and spandex outfits.
That afternoon continued the weeklong auditions for the USC Song
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Leaders. As the women prepared for their auditions, outside the Lyon Center, other women gave the group confused looks while men stared smiling and whispering to their friends.
This week, coaches held two days * of workshops and two days of auditions for the 2004 team. Pinal auditions are on Monday, and women will find out on Tuesday whether or not they have made the squad.
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Urban Initiative, a program sponsored by a collection of deans across USC schools, has awarded five grants totaling $150,000 to faculty research teams.
Developed after USC's last strategic plan of 1994 and 1995, Urban Initiative focuses on solving complex urban problems through interdisdplinary work, said Karen Symms Gallagher, chair of the Urban Deans Council and dean of the Rossier School of Education.
"Current social problems don't just come out of one disciplinary way of thjoJttn&she said.
Urban social problems investigated indude topics such as homelessness, illiteracy and dvic engagement Initially, deans in the Rossier School of Education, the School of Social Work and the School of Policy Planning and Development headed the program. But two years ago, the program became more structured Gallagher said We finally decided what we meant by Utban Initiative,” Gallagher said
Seven deans make up 'the council indnding deans from the initial schools and from the schools of architecture. law, dentistry and communication. Martin L Levine, the vice provost and Carolyn Webb De Macias, the vice president of External Relations, are also on the council The Urban Initiative submits a one-year budget proposal to the Office of the Provost The office funds university-wide projects, such as the initiative. Gallagher said.
The grants are to function as seed money, which can be used to help gain further funds, Gallagher said "We can go to organizations and use this as leverage,” said Terry L Cooper, a professor in the School of Policy.
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