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tv Man* 10, MM Of interest... Going vagetarian far Lent bruigt longing for Spam, team from dentist, doubt about PETA / 4 Trojans shoot 60 percent ut the aecond half and outeoont the (Ujugprs 23-9 in the final seven minutes of a 86-68 victory / It Opinion* 4 i It Student newspaper of the University of Southern California Facilities Management Services spends $27,000a year on quarterly campus replanting % jason caster (uwtHbwlim Wrtxt ‘‘ ^'t ' ; ' V U happen* as many aa foar time* each year: Facilities Management Services employees in their red and blur striped shirt* pull up flowers at various spots around the USC campus and plant new ones. This process occurs at more thsn 100 flower gardens across csmpus. ssid Msurice Hollmsn. associate senior vice prasident of Facilities Management Services in sn e-mail. Commencement, homecoming and the beginning of the fall and spring semesters are the four sc heduled limes FMi makes sure i htr the floral contribution to USC's appearance ia at it* best The cost of this annual upkeep is approximately $27,000 per year, said Henry Lacher, building and grounds director for FMS, in an e-mail. The money is lupplied by thr Landscape Department's budget, wluch is partially funded by a Landscape endowment. Lacher said. Some sludenU wondei. though, why the university undertakes this involved process of replanting flower* that do not appear to need replacing. "Why are they bothering to tear them up and replant them?" asked Brad Hubisz, a senior majoring in psychology. “It seems like a waste of money." The replanting of so many flowers is necessary because the differ- SflMy. Some suggest purchasing terrorism and travel insurance for students going abroatl during this year's spring break By JULIE KUO Mall WriUr SludenU traveling abroad foi ftpiing break should take precau- Tridil lion* such a* buying travel insur II dVCI ance and looking at tlie, Centei for AdVIM* Global Education in the Rotiiei School of Education^ Wtb site for —— spring bresk aafety, experts ssid. for mom Although trsvel agencies say infomuNon that sludenU’ apring break destina about tprir^ tions may not warrant mlny addi bresk travel uonal concerns, they sUII urge them uqgrstnrni to take traveling precautions. visit, http: "Makr sure you havr travel //www.usc insurance and emergency assi* edu/dept/ lance," said Gary Rhodes, director ol education/ the Centei for Global Education at ' globaied/ tlie Rossier School of Education. etudentsabfood The Center for Global Education aprinfltoesk has a Web site devoted to spring html lueak precautions at http://www.usc.edu/depl/educa tion/globaled/Htudenlsabroad/*pringbreak.html. The Web site offer* advice on topics such as cruus and risk management, health, safety, foreign laws and planning. It also lias link* lo tlie U.S. Department of State's student spring break information. It is important for travelers to locale U.S. embassies when traveling abroad in case they need assistance during an emergency abroad, experts said. Students need U> understand there are additional responsibilities if something bad happens, such as travel accidents or if a triend gets injured. Rhodes said. Spring break travelers can also purchase Uavel insurance. said Julie Daiitista, super visoi lor STA Travel in MKhaM WM I Daty Troian Sitting pretty. One of the many types of flowers Facilities Management Services tends to. Senate president reflects on projects rest of his term dass lectures to engineers st their corporate work sites. In 1999, DEN began offering webcasts, but they were supplements to the TV broadcast lectures and technical support was limited. But beginning last semester the Web has been DEN's primary broadcast medium and only a few television courses are still available. Kelly Goulis. DEN executive director, attributed the growth to the number of course offerings and improvements to the Web program. “We really made a lot of the changes over the last year and a half, and that’s where you see all this growth all of a sudden,” Goulis said. “Once we really made the transition from the broadcast to the webcast, it allowed us to provide lull services and the better experience for the stu-dents." School of Engineering Dean C. L Max Nikias said in an e-mail that DEN I see MN. page 111 Government The launching of two Web sites tops Matt Weirs list of accomplishments during his administration The report outlines the recent accomplishmenU of Student Senste which this year indude the creaUon In exactly three weeks. Matt of a student advisory committee to Weir and Lauren Geissler's term as the Department of Public Safety, the Student Senate President and Vice- implemenUtion of President will end and for Weir, it’s SenateCourseGuide.com, snd the about time to move on. creation of “I’m so ready to be on my way SenateBookExchange.com which out, but I had fun,” Weir said. allows studenU to buy and sdl text Until their term ends. Weir, books from other USC studenU Geissler, and senators will train and “There's a wide range of high- transition the newly elected Senate lighU," Weir said, members into their roles and One of Weir’s highlights from the responsibilities. year was the return of the bonfire Part of this transition is an annu- before the USC-UCLA football game, al report prepared by Weir and dis- The book exchange was another tribuUd to administrators, faculty. project that Weir saw as a highlight alumni and studente. I see Welt. 11 By ALICE WALTON SUff Writer
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Full text | tv Man* 10, MM Of interest... Going vagetarian far Lent bruigt longing for Spam, team from dentist, doubt about PETA / 4 Trojans shoot 60 percent ut the aecond half and outeoont the (Ujugprs 23-9 in the final seven minutes of a 86-68 victory / It Opinion* 4 i It Student newspaper of the University of Southern California Facilities Management Services spends $27,000a year on quarterly campus replanting % jason caster (uwtHbwlim Wrtxt ‘‘ ^'t ' ; ' V U happen* as many aa foar time* each year: Facilities Management Services employees in their red and blur striped shirt* pull up flowers at various spots around the USC campus and plant new ones. This process occurs at more thsn 100 flower gardens across csmpus. ssid Msurice Hollmsn. associate senior vice prasident of Facilities Management Services in sn e-mail. Commencement, homecoming and the beginning of the fall and spring semesters are the four sc heduled limes FMi makes sure i htr the floral contribution to USC's appearance ia at it* best The cost of this annual upkeep is approximately $27,000 per year, said Henry Lacher, building and grounds director for FMS, in an e-mail. The money is lupplied by thr Landscape Department's budget, wluch is partially funded by a Landscape endowment. Lacher said. Some sludenU wondei. though, why the university undertakes this involved process of replanting flower* that do not appear to need replacing. "Why are they bothering to tear them up and replant them?" asked Brad Hubisz, a senior majoring in psychology. “It seems like a waste of money." The replanting of so many flowers is necessary because the differ- SflMy. Some suggest purchasing terrorism and travel insurance for students going abroatl during this year's spring break By JULIE KUO Mall WriUr SludenU traveling abroad foi ftpiing break should take precau- Tridil lion* such a* buying travel insur II dVCI ance and looking at tlie, Centei for AdVIM* Global Education in the Rotiiei School of Education^ Wtb site for —— spring bresk aafety, experts ssid. for mom Although trsvel agencies say infomuNon that sludenU’ apring break destina about tprir^ tions may not warrant mlny addi bresk travel uonal concerns, they sUII urge them uqgrstnrni to take traveling precautions. visit, http: "Makr sure you havr travel //www.usc insurance and emergency assi* edu/dept/ lance," said Gary Rhodes, director ol education/ the Centei for Global Education at ' globaied/ tlie Rossier School of Education. etudentsabfood The Center for Global Education aprinfltoesk has a Web site devoted to spring html lueak precautions at http://www.usc.edu/depl/educa tion/globaled/Htudenlsabroad/*pringbreak.html. The Web site offer* advice on topics such as cruus and risk management, health, safety, foreign laws and planning. It also lias link* lo tlie U.S. Department of State's student spring break information. It is important for travelers to locale U.S. embassies when traveling abroad in case they need assistance during an emergency abroad, experts said. Students need U> understand there are additional responsibilities if something bad happens, such as travel accidents or if a triend gets injured. Rhodes said. Spring break travelers can also purchase Uavel insurance. said Julie Daiitista, super visoi lor STA Travel in MKhaM WM I Daty Troian Sitting pretty. One of the many types of flowers Facilities Management Services tends to. Senate president reflects on projects rest of his term dass lectures to engineers st their corporate work sites. In 1999, DEN began offering webcasts, but they were supplements to the TV broadcast lectures and technical support was limited. But beginning last semester the Web has been DEN's primary broadcast medium and only a few television courses are still available. Kelly Goulis. DEN executive director, attributed the growth to the number of course offerings and improvements to the Web program. “We really made a lot of the changes over the last year and a half, and that’s where you see all this growth all of a sudden,” Goulis said. “Once we really made the transition from the broadcast to the webcast, it allowed us to provide lull services and the better experience for the stu-dents." School of Engineering Dean C. L Max Nikias said in an e-mail that DEN I see MN. page 111 Government The launching of two Web sites tops Matt Weirs list of accomplishments during his administration The report outlines the recent accomplishmenU of Student Senste which this year indude the creaUon In exactly three weeks. Matt of a student advisory committee to Weir and Lauren Geissler's term as the Department of Public Safety, the Student Senate President and Vice- implemenUtion of President will end and for Weir, it’s SenateCourseGuide.com, snd the about time to move on. creation of “I’m so ready to be on my way SenateBookExchange.com which out, but I had fun,” Weir said. allows studenU to buy and sdl text Until their term ends. Weir, books from other USC studenU Geissler, and senators will train and “There's a wide range of high- transition the newly elected Senate lighU," Weir said, members into their roles and One of Weir’s highlights from the responsibilities. year was the return of the bonfire Part of this transition is an annu- before the USC-UCLA football game, al report prepared by Weir and dis- The book exchange was another tribuUd to administrators, faculty. project that Weir saw as a highlight alumni and studente. I see Welt. 11 By ALICE WALTON SUff Writer |
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