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Monday March 22,1993 Vol. CXIX, No. 46
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Songfest revels in spirit of Troy
At the Embassy Theater Friday night, Songfest's "A Tribute to Traditions" took center stage. The Sigma Phi Epsilon and Kappa Kappa Gamma musical entry took home four awards.
Diversions, page 7
Waves next test for Trojans in NIT
The Pepperdine Waves will come crashing into the Sports Arena for tonight's NIT second round game against USC. Tip-off is set for 7:30 and will not be televised.
Sports, page 16
USC not full of ‘spoiled children’
USC's scholar-athlete record is better than some Ivy League schools, and the 'Trojan Family" gives USC a big advantage over its critics. Stereotypes are just caused by jealousy.
Viewpoint, page 4
F.Y.I.
Candidate offers plans for future
As the Los Angeles mayor's race begins to move into full swing, the university is invited to hear the candidates air their concerns.
Today on campus, Stan Sanders will talk about his plans for the future of the city. His speech will take place in Taper Hall Room 101. He will discuss crime, education and health care.
Students are invited to attend and ask the candidate questions about Los Angeles and its future.
The speech is sponsored by the African American Graduate Student Association.
USC research manages to survive federal budget axe
By Thomas Kozikowski
Staff Writer
The university has successfully fended off a Clinton administration budget-cutting proposal that would have cost the school $13 million a year in payments for overhead from federal research grants.
The news came from accounts of a meeting that President Steven Sample held with administrators and faculty of the School of Engineering on Friday.
The cuts "could have been disastrous," said Eberhardt Rechtin, a professor of electrical engineering.
According to those at the meeting, Sample recognized the budget-cutting efforts that engineering has made over the last few years and said that such practices put Cali-
fornia's private universities in a much better financial position than its public ones.
He called on the state to provide a better climate for private enterprise — including private schools — and urged a greater appreciation of the financial contribution that the university already makes to Los Angeles.
"This is the third round of meetings the president has had with the faculty since he's come to USC," said Thomas Garrow, assistant dean for external relations and planning at the School of Engineering.
Sample could not be reached for comment following the meeting, which was closed to the press.
The proposal to cut payments on overhead came from the Clinton administration
three weeks ago, Garrow said, as part of its effort to him government expenses.
Currently the university can allocate 62 percent of its research grants to overhead, Garrow explained. This is based on an agreement that each school negotiates individually with the government.
The Clinton proposal would have replaced such agreements with a standard cap of 44 percent.
This proposal would have placed an undue burden on private universities as opposed to public ones, Sample is reported to have said.
Private schools, Garrow noted, use overhead not only to pay for the administrative costs of research projects but (See Budget, page 2)
Photo* by Jim Sabo / Dally Trojan
Clockwise from top to left: David Lupash, a senior from Loa Alamitos High School, la one of the recipient8 of the Swim With Mike Scholarahlp. Todd Gardner, 21, tubed hla way for Swim With Mike. Mike Nyeholt recelvea an award from Melanie Wilson* of the Department of Rehabilitation and a representative of the govemor’a office.
Look for low clouds in the morning today, giving way to sunny skies in the late afternoon. The highs will be in the 70s ana lows in the 50s. The week ahead looks cloudy.
Nursing School volunteers help homeless with foot, health care
By Helen Chen
Staff Writer
Under the helm of undergraduate nursing volunteers, the USC School of Nursing has established a clinic to provide foot care and related health education to homeless patients at Union Station in Pasadena.
In a New York University study, foot ulcers were found to be the second largest cause of health-related problems for the homeless.
Homeless people are typically on their feet all day, moving from one destination to another, said Rebecca Gagney, a junior in the USC nursing school.
"Our main goal of this program is to prevent foot related infections and other related
Eroblems, and to educate the omeless about what they can
(See Health care, page 6)
Swim With Mike makes a splash
Annual event raises $115,000 for disabled athlete scholarship fund
torcycle accident. The event was originally started by Mike's roommate Ron Orr in an attempt to purchase a specially equipped van for his friend.
But the event does more than just raise money. Jim Winston, a professional football player turned television cameraman who received a "Swim With Mike" scholarship in 1992, had been involved in an automobile accident that left him (See Swim, page 5)
By Paul Clinton
Staff Writer
At the McDonald's Swim Stadium on Saturday, swimmers raised over $115,000 for physically challenged athletes at the annual "Swim With Mike" event.
The swim-a-thon, which has raised scholarship funds since 1981, has generated a total of over $1 million.
The event's namesake, Mike Nyeholt, was an All-America swimmer from USC who was paralyzed in a mo-
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