Frightening
Nights
Elvira and other spooky Halloween spirits haunt area amusement parks for a	s
ghoulish good ^ time / 7
s i N c F. 1012
WEDNESDAY
October 25, 2000
Of interest...
With state ballot initiatives, 'direct democracy' is neither direct nor democracy / 4
News Digest	2	Opinions	4
Lifestyle	7	The Buzz	7
Classifieds	12	'SComix	13
Crossword	13	Sports	16
Student newspaper of the University of Southern California
vol. CXXXXI, no, 40
www.usc.edu/dt
Work Station to boost involvement
on HSC limits parking
Transportation: University to open 175 more spaces to accommodate staff and students who commute
By NEIL CHRISTOPHER APELES
Staff Writer
Parking at USC’s Health Sciences Campus this semester has proved vexing for the large commuter population that studies and works there, complicated by strikes, construction projects and road work. The expected partial closure of another parking lot to allow for the construction of the new Neurogenetic Institute will only make matters worse, with little the university can do to alleviate the problem.
Those who travel to campus hospitals like University, Norris, Los Angeles County-USC General and Women’s and Children’s Hospital every morning fight for meters and spaces, both of which are scarce.
“I park on the street and it’s harder to get parking now," said Caroline Wilson, a graduate student in physical therapy.
Most students arrive on campus well in advance of class simply to find a parking space that will accommodate their schedules. Since many classes on HSC can last well over four hours, the only parking option is a 10-hour meter. The majority of 10-hour meters, however, span only two streets.
“I get here at 6:30 a.m. just to get parking,” said Linda Lopez, a junior majoring in nursing. “I sleep for an hour in my car just so I can get a 10-
I see Transportation, page 111
Senate: Members from KSCH’s Annenberg Radio News tell organization that they hope to improve campus relations
By LOREN CHID0NI
Staff Writer
Though KSCR remains off-air due to malfunctioning equipment, representatives from the radio station said at the Student Senate meeting Tuesday night that they are undertaking new efforts to boost student involvement
Although they did not present
specific plans, members of KSCR’s radio news broadcast — Annenberg Radio News — said they hope to modify its constitution to improve its programming format and increase the number of station projects.
“We want to give students interested in radio broadcast more of a chance,” said News Director Kat Winant, a junior majoring in broadcast journalism. “We want KSCR to
fulfill a purpose that reaches more students, and serve as an educational tool for Annenberg."
KSCR, which was removed from the FM dial by the Federal Communications Commission in 1998, broadcasts on the Internet. Officials expect it to return to AM radio by the beginning of next year once the station's transmitter is repaired.
Annenberg School for Communication originally purchased the station's transmitter and is working on its repairs. However,
the station is primarily funded through Senate, which has decreased its funding drastically during the past two years.
Senate cut funding to KSCR from $20,000 in 1998 to $5,000 this year because the station did not meet specific criteria set for all organizations that receive student funds.
Despite the funding loss, the station is hoping to increase its role on campus.
“We want to establish promotional mutualism," said Interdepartmental
I see Senate, page 3 I
Puppy love
Cute and cuddly. Cheryl Lee, a business administration graduate, cradles a
puppy up for adoption. Lee volunteered this weekend for SC Paws (People for Animal Welfare), a student organization whose mission is to rescue stray animals on or nearby campus and find them foster homes. Those who are interested in joining 'SC Paws or adopting animals can e-mail ani-mals@scf.usc. edu or visit www-
scfusc.edu/~a
nimal/index-
htmL
Julia Kriwiu I Daily Troian
Herpes vaccine developed for women
Board fails to release band name despite rumors
By FRANCESCA CIMIN0
Assistant City Editor
Herpes, a sexually transmitted disease that the Centers for Disease Control estimate affects more than one in five adults, is as ugly as it sounds.
Characterized most often by painful, oozing sores that are incurable but treatable, the herpes virus goes undiagnosed in almost 80 percent of those infected, making the only viable weapons against it
HEALTH & MEDICINE
—♦— awareness and prevention.
But a new herpes vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical company SmithKline Beecham shows preliminary evidence of helping to pre-
vent the spread of the disease. The results of clinical trials of the drug Vaxgen, announced last month, showed that the vaccine, which was tested on almost 3,000 individuals in relationships with partners who had genital herpes, was more than 70 percent effective in preventing herpes in women with no previous exposure to the virus.
Effective only in women, and only with those who had no prior exposure to either oral or genital
I see Health, page 3 I
Event: Sacrilicious, local ! group of students and alumni, will open concert
By BRENDAN LOY
Assignment Editor
With the Homecoming concert just one day away, Program Board still cannot publicly announce what band that will play Thursday night in
Hahn Plaza, Concerts Director Johnsie Cagle, a sophomore majoring in English, said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, widespread rumors continue to spread around campus that the band is Eve 6, the Los Angeles-based modern rock trio.
Whoever the band is, no official word or formal announcement can occur, nor can any specific advertising begin, until a signed contract is I see Event, page 111
Today: Participate in the Daily Trojans semi-annual Readers Survey. See Page 4.