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USC president praises school 's monetary, intellectual endeavors
By PAUL HARTSOCM
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USC President Steven B Samplr announced thr end of the 10-yeei fund lauing campaign during hu Stair of thr University address Sample spoke Wednesday to llir USC community al bovard Auditorium for tlu annual speech Samples address centered primarily on reviewing the university's now
I inulied 10-year camps ign to enlarge its endowment, which •lands at $2,850,143,933.
“Halleluiah! The campaign u over! Hallelujah! We're No. 1! Hallelu)ah! hong live Uie next campaign!” Samplr said in hu opening remarks.
USC's board ol trustees formally adopted Uir endowment campaign iu 1993. The university’s endow ment had quadrupled during Uir last 10 years and has received four gifts of more thsn $100 million Samplr called it “the most success (ul campaign in the history of Ingli er education."
Samplr said USCs endowment u Uir largest in Ute nation, beating No.3 Harvard University's by $250 million snd No. 2 Columbia University's by f6 million.
“That's kind of like winning s very-high-scoring basketball gamr by only one point.“ Sample Mid. "We’ll take it."
Sample credited Uir campaigns success to "three really important ingredients. First, Uie affection and aupport of Uie Trojsn Family; second, a new notion for us. that of com pelling excellence; and third, the rx tensive involvement of deans and
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Students, faculty look to the near future
Student, staff and faculty believe race relations will only get better in the future
BY UDIANA P0OTAU5
SUIT Writer
Memlwrs of the USC community remain optimistu tiiat thr university will continue to become more diverse and integrated, following the trend set in the last few decades.
While USC has come a long way in terms of racial diversity, it still has a long way to go, echoed various students. faculty memben and administrators.
The university has focused on educational diversity within the last decade, creating a diversity requirement for all undergraduates and adding several ethnic studies programs. Ten years ago, the Daily Trojan reported on protests that asked USC to include a Chicano studies program, a goal that seemed unlikely in fall 1993.
But in 2003, USC not only offers a Chicano/Latino studies major, it also offers majors in African-American studies, Asian-American studies, American studies and ethnicity, gender studies and a minor in Jewish-American studies.
Interest in physical education on the rise
Department sees an increase in the number of
students taking courses in sports, physical fitness
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hu student* with nighUnariah memories of required high school physical education classes, college is a haven of academic courses without mandatory exercise. Many students at USC, however, havr been signing
up for physical education classes, and enrollment Is on the rue.
The physical educaUon depart ment, formerly part of the exercise scienrr department, began its own program four years ago. Since then, Uierr has been a 40 percent increase in students registering for physical education classes This year, 2,203
people have signed up for physical education classes this year. During the 1998-1999 school year, therr were 1,654 who signed up. said Steve VanKanegan. director of physical education.
I he classes offered by the physi cal education department focus on developing skills for specific sports.
“We hire nothing but experts who are certified in their fields." VanKanegan said.
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Students, faculty remember life of English professor
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Memorial: Attendees of service at United University Church pay tribute to Robert Grant, who died in June of unknown causes
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Remembering. Vincent Cheng, professor of English at the University of Utah, gives a eulogy at the United University Church for USC English professor Robert Grant, who died In June.
By KEVIN MERICKEL
SUIT WriUi
Pictures of Robert Grant, professor of English, skating, running snd Isughing with an euphoric smile, stood on an easel at his memorial service, outside of United University Church on Wednesday afternoon. v
Inside the church, words from friends, colleagues and former students were poetically read to paint a picture of the very man who enjoyed outdoor activities underneath the southern California sunshine.
Grant died suddenly of natural causes in June. He was 51.
His body was discovered in his apartment two weeks after his death, and no cause of death has been released.
During the memorial service, selections from Toni Morrison's “The Bluest Eye" and works by playwright Lorraine Hansbury were read.
There was also music by Donny Hathaway s, “To Be Young Gifted and Black."
“Bob's life remains a mystery,” said Joseph Boone, chair of the English department “He was a shadowy figure and an absent presence."
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