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Cinema school to give Cosby media award
Honor University to acknowledge actor, author for contributions to industry, example he sets for world’s children
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Projects/Training Kditor
The School of Cinema-Television will present actor Bill Cosby with the Steven J. Ross/Time Warner Award for his contributions to the entertainment industry today in a private ceremony in Hoose Library.
“Perhaps more than any other entertainer, Bill Cosby embodies the best of the entertainment industry,” said Elizabeth Daley, dean of the School of Cineina-Television, in a press release. “By example, he influences his peers and, most importantly, children across the world to act positively and reach further, instilling Inughter and hope along the way.”
Daley and other cinema-television officials were not available for comment.
The award was established in 1992, after Time Warner Inc. donated a $2.5 million endowment for the Time Warner/Steven J. Ross Dean’s Chair, according to the press release.
Cosby is the third recipient of the award, which was given to Ambassador Walter Annenberg in 1996 and actor Kirk Douglas in 1998. Cosby gave the USC commencement address in 1998 and received a honorary doctorate from the university.
The Guy Alexander Hanks-Marvin Miller Screen-writing program was established in 1993 to give underrepresented voices the opportunity to enter the entertainment industry.
Each year, 15 young writers are selected to hone their skills and take course in African-American history and culture. The cinema school then helps students present their projects to the industry.
In 1998, Cosby established the Bill Cosby Summer Youth Institute, an eight week community outreach program for local high school students.
In the program, students can write, cast, shoot and edit and design sound for a film or television project.
After serving in the military and graduating from Temple University, Cosby began his career as a stand-up comedian. He is best known for his works in television, including The Coshy Mysteries and The Cosby Show, which won three Emmy Awards.
His book, Fatherhood, remained No. 1 on the New York Times bestsellers list for 54 weeks.
"Perhaps more than any other entertainer, Bill Cosby embodies the best of the entertainment industry.”
Elizabeth
Daley
dean School of Cinema-Television
City considering route expansion
Transportation: New light rail, bus routes might include Westside locations
By LENA WARMACK
Staff Writer
Gov. Gray Davis’ $256 million proposal, which includes plans for a light-rail lane on Exposition Boulevard, is stirring opposition from many local residents and support from USC commuters.
The proposal would build two bus lanes, one on Wilshire Boulevard, from Vermont Avenue to the Beverly Hills city limits and the other, a light-rail lane from USC, along Exposition Boulevard to West Los Angeles.
Some are concerned because the
new bus lanes would remove two traffic lanes on the already heavily congested thoroughfare.
If the proposal is implemented, the bus line could extend through Beverly Hills and West Los Angeles and continue to Santa Monica.
“I feel the money should be allocated to the newly developed Metro Rail to expand its railway,” said Yi Shaun Chen, a sophomore majoring in psychobiology. “Expansion of more efficient and alternative forms of transportation is beneficial for everyone.”
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority predicts a population increase of 3 million by the year 2015 in the Los Angeles County. MTA has made numerous plans to increase access to public transportation to accommodate this anticipated boom.
MTA also predicts a possible shift from single-occupant vehicles to transit (buses and railways) and carpools.
According to MTA, the transit system can expect an anticipated 6.3 percent increase from the current figure of 5 million passengers and a 32.1 percent increase for work trips.
Brian d’Autremont, director of Transportation Services, said that Davis’ proposal would only benefit commuters “I think almost all of what we see in public transportation changes affect us (USC),” d’Autremont said.
The construction of new rails are too expensive and an inefficient way to use scarce resources, according to a study by the Reason Public Policy Institute on the Los Angeles County MTA proposal for the expansion.
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Student to bike across nation in support of disabled children
Philanthropy: Brandon Hill, member of Pi Kappa Phi, to leave San Francisco June 11
By KIMBERLY TABA
Staff Writer
Though his friends and girlfriend make fun of his low-fat, high-carbohy-drate diet, Brandon Hill is eating healthy and hitting the gym in preparation for a 3,500-mile bike ride this summer to support his fraternity’s philanthropy, Push America.
A member of Pi Kappa Phi and a senior majoring in cinema-television critical studies, Hill will be biking coast to coast with 70 other Pi Kappa Phi
members to raise awareness about children with disabilities.
“This is the largest thing I’ve ever done in my life,” Hill said. “1 figure if I can do this, I can do anything.
“A lot of my friends are going to Europe and bumming around. But I figure I might as well spend time doing stuff to help others.”
The team will ride 75 miles each day, staying mainly in high school gyms in various towns, Hill said, ln the towns, they will either make friendship visits to disabled children, put on puppet shows to educate other children about disabilities or make presentations to civic leaders.
“Every day you do stuff with people with disabilities or to educate others,” Hill said.
In addition to cutting out greasy
foods, Hill began running regularly and taking weekend bike rides to prepare.
“He drives everyone nuts because he only eats low-fat chicken,” said Chris Allphin, Hill’s roommate and a senior majoring in political science.
His girlfriend of two months got to taste-test some of his first healthy dinners.
“He used to cook these horrible dinners,” said Jackie Liu, a freshman majoring in public relations. “He’s a pretty health conscious guy. I’ve dealt with his horrible cooking, but it’s getting better.”
Hill is also working on fundraising for his trip, mainly through a letter-writing campaign to friends, family and parents of the others in his house.
“I’m starting to realize this is going to be an amazing thing,” Hill said. “It’s an amazing feeling to know so many
people support me.”
Many families have donated money, but one fraternity brother donated the bike that Hill will ride this summer.
“The chapter is really supporting me in this,” Hill said. “Without the fraternity behind me, I couldn't do this.”
But his friends are not surprised that he decided take the challenge.
“If he gets his mind on a task, he gets it done,” Allphin said. “He’s an athletic guy, but more so, the kind that gets an idea and goes for it.”
His ambition and drive are some of Hill’s strong characteristics, Liu said.
“When you meet him at first you wouldn’t know that he’s so driven and ambitious because he seems like a laid-back surfer type,” Liu said. “(But) he’s
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“This is the largest thing I've done in my life. I figure if I can do this, I can do anything.”
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Sweet music. An undergraduate guitar recital Saturday in the Music Faculty Building brought several musically talented people out to perform. Joe Di Resta is playing guitar, and non-USC student Matt Hankie is on drums.