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service group excited about trip despite travel wurntngs
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Thia year. approximately 125 •tudvnU Will travel internationally and domestically to area* auch aa Saimaa. Cabf, Uruguay, Argentina and Mexico lo participate in « wraefc of service learning to better *herfl ■elves and to hopefully improve the quality of the livrt of the people and areas in which the sludenU will be working.
Some participants havr qualms alMMit traveling outaide the United States, but most are confident about then planned trips.
“It is definitely m the back of everyone* mind,” said Nikki Levin, a tophomoie majoring in public relations and a student coordinatoi lor thr Uruguay trip.
Many arr sure they will br safe on their trips bet ausr ol then loca tlons in South America and Mexico
“The situations in Iraq. Afghanistan oi North Korea havr minmAil impact on oui trip," taxi Kalibi Jonathan Klein, director of Hillel Jewish Center "II there werr « travel advisory, then wr might be forced lo cancel out trips, but no such advisory from the State Department currently exists."
Thr other way that the trips would be canceled for safety ten sons is if US( deems it unsafe lo go. said Michelle Blanchette, directoi of Ihe Volunteer Center. The com-mh> Braak page 11 I
Singing BWinm. The U6C Gospel Choir performs al 'Celebratir* Uf*. Restoring Hope* ta part of the program at Bovard Auditorium thal raised aware naae about the AIDS and HIV epidemic in Africa Members of U.S. Doctors for Africa spoke about how many are afflicted with the tha dlseaaa
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Williams, a freahman majoring In computer acience and a member ot Africa 'SC, one of the organisations hosting the event
The event aiao featured U.S Congresswoman Diane Watson. D l-os Angeles, as an honorary guest speaker. In her appraiaal of President George W. Bush's recent State of thr Union proposal lo increaae funding to fight AIDS in Africa. Watson stressed the utgency with which the problem must be addressed.
"We have a tremendous challenge in our lifetime to stem thi* scouige before it gets to those yet unborn," Watson said.
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dent of Peace h Conflict Scholars, one of the organizations hosting the event ‘If we don't do something about this problem, there won't be any culture in Africa to share anymore*
Several performance groups took the stage to represent that culture including s drum quartet and troupe of dancers called Dele Adefemi and the African Art Production Theatre Group: three spoken word poet* known at Millennium Life Project; an energetic, four-man singing group named Milele; and the USC' Gospel Choir.
"We want to send a message to inspire people and not just to be in tears about the situation,’ said Sarah
nest event in Bovard Auditorium on Friday evening.
The event, entitled "Celebrating Life, Restoring Hope* focused specifically on how the disease hat affected the African continent and on the culture that is being threat ened by the resulting death rate, where about 500 people attended.
According to a flier for the event more than two-thirds of HIV patients are African, 3.2 million of whom are children younger than the ajpof 15.
J; “Were trying to make this a hopeful event and to showcase how Urbnderful African culture is," said Heather McLean, s senior majoring in international relations and presi
By JASON CARTER
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In today's student community, most discussions about AIDS have been reduced to a general acceptance of an ill-fated turn of events for those infected and a half-sincere advocacy of preventive measures including safe sex and drug-free lifestyles.
It is this attitude that six USC student organizations sought to change by hosting an AIDS aware-
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The officials named different intersections as particular areas of concern but agreed that speeding motorists and the shear number of pedestrians, especially those disregarding traffic signals, were the predominant causes of accidents and not the designs of the intersections themselves.
"Figueroa and Exposition are extremely dangerous streets because of the way people drive." said Brian dAutremont, director of USC Transportation Services. “And there are just too many people p^ there.”
“With so many people trying to cross the street they're sometimes not as careful as they should be,* said Leo Wade, associate senior vice president of Career and Protective Services.
On Feb. 10, Kellee Khalil a freshman majoring in pre-business was hit by a 1985 Nissan while crossing the Figueroa and 35th streets intqpction through a pedestrian red light While Khalil escaped with minor injuries, an accident on Figeuroa Street two years ago killed Judith Graysonon, director of education, at USC. when she was hit by a tram, >' j. is ty,..mi iraee ieWr p*(»iL
Prevention: Areas north and east of campus will be discussion of safety forum
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The north and east borders of campus, areas of heavy fool traffic, were still considered the most danger ous locations for motorists and pedes trians. despite recent measures to improvr safety, said officials from the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Transportation
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