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NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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April 11, 2000 Vol. CXXXIX, No. 53
Fashion show also includes cart auction
Event: Annual Pride and Pizzazz fundraiser on Saturday night benefits youth sports program
By DANA NICHOLS
Program Board Writer
Pride and Pizzazz, the annual spring fashion show produced by Trojan Pride and featuring USC athletes, impressed a small audience at Town and Gown on Saturday night.
A formal dinner preceded the fashion show for students, family and alumni who came to watch and participate in the silent auction.
The most anticipated item up for bid was the Trojan helmet cart. Pre-show bidding, which reached $3,000, was available online.
Program Board would not release the amount of the final bid.
The helmet cart went to Henry Villafana and Oliver Lau, who bought it for their local business which is part of a national chain. They would not disclose the name of the business, nor what they paid for the cart. The final bid was made at the close of the show and the co-winners left before their names were announced.
“When I talked to them, they were very, very secretive about it,” said Michael Matoba, director ofTrojan Pride and a junior majoring in business.
Some students said they will miss the helmetshaped car.
“It’s part of the pride of being a Trojan,” said Doris Pease, a freshman majoring in aerospace engineering and a member of Trojan Pride. “Auctioning it, we’re losing a little bit of history."
Others agreed but think losing it is legitimate.
“It’s always been special to me,” said Karen Brauneck, director of Pride and Pizzazz and a junior majoring in communication. “The first time I got to drive it, I was a Trojan, but I see the need for it to be auctioned.”
Officials said that maintenance costs are too expensive for the upkeep of the rarely used vehicle.
Other items that were bid on included a hat signed by the cast of TV show Felicity that went for $35, a trip for two to Disneyland valued at $85 that was sold for $50 and a $150 snowboard that went home for $60.
Pride and Pizzazz began with dinner served to a group of about 50. As the event proceeded with the fashion show, more guests filtered in and about 100 people attended.
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“You are spending time around people that help you, (who) become your support group.”
MIKE NYEHOLT, USC ALUMNUS, SWIM WITH MIKE NAMESAKE
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Wet n' wild. Sheila Raja, a sophomore majoring in communication and a Song Leader, was dunked Monday at a Swim With Mike fundraiser.
Swimming for hope
By LOREN CHIDONI
Assistant City Editor
Jor 19 years Swim With Mike has helped disabled athletes attend USC, and since the Trojan family helps generate more money each year at USC’s McDonald Swim Stadium, this year’s philanthropy April 15 should not be an exception.
“Swim with Mike is an event where students help students,” said Ron Orr, associate athletic director and the mastermind behind the event. “USC students help other USC students come to USC.”
The event also allows people from different areas of the campus
Event founded in honor of alumnus Mike Nyeholt has raised more than $2,395,000 in 19 years
community to gather, Orr said.
“It brings together students, faculty, staff and alumni all in one day,” he said.
It’s nice to spend time around the participants, said Mike Nyeholt, a USC alumnus for whom the event was named.
“You are spending time around people that help you, and these people become your support group,” Nyeholt said. “All the people involved with Swim With Mike are comfortable with
physical limitations.”
The philanthropy benefits physically challenged students who want to further their education, Orr said. The recipients range from incoming freshman to graduate students to transfer students.
According to the application, applicants must “have met the admissions requirements of the university, have a physical disability which substantially limits one or more major life activities, participated in athletics in high school and or college, have financial need, maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher each semester and be committed to the future promotion of the fund.”
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USC student 13th to be named Truman Scholar
Reema El-Amamy given $30,000 scholarship honoring commitment to public service, leadership potential
By GINA VALENCIA
Staff Writer
Reema El-Amamy’s six months of hard work have paid off, in the form of the $30,000 Truman Scholarship.
“It was a tremendous feeling (when 1 was notified about the award),” El-Amamy said. ‘This is very valuable; it just validated all of my hard work.”
El-Amamy is the 13th student at USC to have been awarded the Truman Scholarship from the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation and the first USC recipient since 1996.
The foundation awards scholarships to students who have exten-
sive records of public and community service, are committed to careers in government or elsewhere in public service and show a likelihood of “making a difference” in public service according to the foundation’s web site www.tru-nuin.gov. The scholarship is used to fund graduate studies.
El-Amamy had known about the scholarship since her freshman year. When she applied in October of last year, she had to go through an extensive and complicated process that included nominations, applications, projects and interviews. She was one of 13 students nominated from California who then went on to Denver for further interviews.
El-Amamy was chosen to be one
of the five students from California and one of 79 from the United States and U.S. territories including
“(Reema El-Amamy) has both an intellectual and a service interest in a public service career. This shows the caliber of students we have at USC.”
Margaret Harrington
USC’s Truman Scholarship Representative
Puerto Rico to receive a scholarship.
The process for nominations began in early fall, said Margaret
Harrington, director of organizational improvement services and USC’s Truman Scholarship representative.
“We had ads in the Daily Trojun and we advertised in a variety of ways to reach potential candidates,” Harrington said. “Reema attended one of the information sessions and was among the 18 students that initially applied.”
From those 18 students, eight were interviewed, and El-Amamy was the one who was nominated out of those eight to represent USC, Harrington said.
“I’m very delighted that she was selected," Harrington said. “She is very intelligent, very focused. She has both an intellectual and a service interest in a public service
career. This shows the caliber of students we have here at USC.” El-Amamy plans to use this scholarship towards law school and hopes to work in legislative analysis and policy reform.
Her hard work would not have been as valuable if it were not for the support and encouragement she receives from her family, El-Amamy said.
“I attribute this to them, my grandparents, my parents and my sister,” El-Amamy said. “To their teachings, their support, they are the ones who taught me the value of hard work.”
Her parents’ pride showed through when they spoke of their daughter’s win.
“We’re really proud of her, she really worked hard for this,” said Rosaline Polk, El-Amamy’s mother. “J am very grateful to my family. They always encouraged my chil-I see Truman, page 16 !