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Aplomb Consulting, only three scored lower than USC: Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon Univeraity and the univeraity of North Carolina. Chapel Hill.
Marahall waa the only achooi in the atudy that doea not poat ita non diacrimination policy on ita Web aite. which contributed to the low mark.
There are simple tiling* that USC could do to boost ita ranking and friendliness that coat nothing, aaid Jaaon Lorbet. president of Aplomb, an .agency plomb Consulting is a marketing, research and public relations firm that
builds relationships between companies and the gay. lesbian.
Firm gives C-fbr inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered graduate business student#
bisexual and tranagendered community. “Someone needs to pay attention and put the energy into
it"
Kailae Scott associate director of MBA admiaaiona at Marshall, aaid triiile it makes sense to put the nondiscrimination policy on the Web site, sexual orientation is not a factor in admiaaiona.
•It s not really an issue.” ahe said. ”1 think were very inclusive," she aaid.
The quantititive study was conducted from April 3002 to July of 2002 to determine the inclusiveness of business schools toward gay. lesbian. bisexual and transgendered students and faculty. Marshall did
score points for having the policy of nondiscrimination, gay student organisations and domeatic partner benefita for staff.
In addition to the miasing infor mation on the Web site,points were deducted for Marshalls lack of specific job recruiting opportunities fur gay students and for not having any openly gay profeaaor* or a gay alumni organisation
Differences in ths benefits policies for same sex and opposite-sex partners earned another deduction. USC offers medical and dental insurance to same-sei domestic partners, but not life inaurance or tuition assistance, which are
By BLVTMf BERNHARD
<	imlrlfauUnf Writer
The Marahall School of Buainea* leceived a grade of 72.5, or C-, in a recent atudy of the gay-friandlinea* of top bu*inea« tchool*. UCLA. University of California. Berkeley, snd Stanford University all earned a score ol A based on tiie atudy a criteria
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Bulletproof glass, which FRI, police is say is helpful, it a prosperous industry
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In a deciaion "highly endoraed* by the Department of Public Safety, the USC Credit Union, located above Caff 84. recently chose to install bandit barriers — bulletproof shields that protect tellers in the event of an armed robbery attempt
The bulletproof glass industry haa bean booming, aome say.
Tom Hjhay, chief executive officer of Gsffco. an induatry leader in the bulletproofing market, said hia company aells en estimated 810 million in products each year.
Gaffney said the company sells the barriers primarily to banks and sometimes to post offices and convenience atore*.
Hia company aells bulletproof products at different levels of strength, depending on the busi ness’ needs, Gaffney added.
"We have different ballistic lev-els," he said. "Level one would stop s 9-mm hsndgun, while s level eight would sustain multiple hits from an AK 47. Level eight balliatic barriers are marketed primarily lo government office* and foreign dignitaries. Level three is the highest we see ourselves going with a bank. That’ll stop a 44 (magnum). Bank* seem to be more concerned by handguns.”
Jorge Berumen, vice president and banking center manager of the Bank of America located in University Village, Mid the bank has had bandit barriers in place for the Isst three to four years and Mid that Bank of America determines which branches need barriers based on crime statistics in each ZIP code.
The bank's patrona are uaed to the barriers, u 95 percent of them are returning customers, he Mid.
"We don’t get any complaints," he added.
Jason Lee, Loa Angeles Police Department press information officer, Mid the department had never conducted a formal atudy on the effectiveness of bandit barriers in preventing crime.
"However, generally having one veraus not having one is helpful for the victim," Lee Mid "They do stop shots from small arms; however it is known thaflarger caliber rifles may penetrate."
FBI spokeswomen Laura Boaley Mid she believes statistics show that bandit barriers have led to a significant decrease in the number of robberies that take (dace each yeai
Off-campus facility only parking lot that students can purchase permits for
By LIZ BURDICK
(onliilnillMg Writer
Anyone thinking ol purchasing an on-campus parking permit for next semester is too late — all approximately 11,000 spaces already have been reserved, said Brian dAutremont, director of transportation services.
It took only 20 days for students to buy up all of the on campus permits, which were available March 1. Nearly 1,500 parking center permits, however, are still available.
Although parking permits may be hard to obtain if drivers are unaware of sign up dates, there are many alternative;! for commuters who do not sign up early enough or who do not want to pay the $72 per month price, dAutremont said. Such alternatives include van pools. Metrolink. DASH and atreet parking.
Permit parking is also available at the Shrine Auditorium where approximately 200 spots are available each semester, said Jose Sanchez, general manager of Grant Parking.
Transportation Services aends out e-mails to about 28,000 students alerting them of sign-up dates as well as any major events or concerns that might affect parking, such as the Los Angeles Marathon, d Autremont said.
Though efforts are made to make sign-up dates known, it is inevitable that some people will not know about them, or forget them.
"I've never gotten on-campus parking." said Stacey Castaldo, a sophomore majoring in intemation-I see Farida*, page 1» I
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