Wednesday October 6,1993 Vol. CXXI, No. 26
Weather
Another pleasant day shines over 'SC. Look forward to a pleasant and sunny afternoon with the high near 80 degrees, while the overnight low is relatively mild in the mid-60s.
Inside
L.A. public transit needs lots of help
Trying to get around Los Angeles is possibly every visitor's nightmare. Public transportation is far from "user-friendly," and the situation just keeps getting worse.
Viewpoint, page 4
Budget-friendly shopping guide
The first semester is half over, which means you're probably running low on green. Never fear, the DT will tell you how to get what you want at the lowest price possible.
Diversions, page 8
Robinson says ‘must beat Oregon’
Injuries will make this weekend's game in Oregon tough, but in order to stay in the race for the Rose Bowl, USC needs to bounce back from the devastating Arizona loss.
Sports, page 16
Knights sponsor graffiti cover up
Trojan Knights are inviting all students to participate in the USC Paintout to Stamp Out Graffiti '93. Graffiti '93.
The organization is looking to help rid the neighborhood of graffiti. Teams will be wiping out graffiti within a mile radius of the campus.
They will be meeting in front of Tommy Trojan on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 8 a.m.
Free T-shirts will be given to all participants.
Any organizations participating as a whole can have their name appear on the back of the T-shirt.
For more information, call Pat Vis, the president of Trojan Knights, at (213) 748-2351, or Pardeep Mohan, Trojan Knights philanthropy chair, at (213) 748-3458.
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Lunch is for the birds
Roy Nwiltur I Dally Tro|an
Fine arts senior Geoffrey Wright lunches with avian friends.
Bar reinstates USCard payment
By Sandy Ahn
Staff Writer
Make room on your USCard for another sticker.
After a month of turning away patrons wanting to charge alconol at Traditions to their discretionary accounts, Dining Services, in conjuction with Student Senate, has devised a way to permit the use of USCards at the campus bar — stickers.
The new policy, implemented Tuesday, states that all customers, including students, faculty and staff, must have a non-removable validation sticker on their USCard if it is to be used as a method of payment for alcoholic beverages.
"While it's an additional step,
it is done for the benefit of everybody," said Douglas Pendleton, director of Dining Services.
He said Dining Services suspended the use of USCards at Traditions on Aug. 31 because the Registrar's Office omitted birthdates from the cards, thus creating a liability problem for dining.
Pendleton added that twice during the last school year, a mass production of fraudulent driver's licenses were found.
"(The Aug. 31 policy change) was an overreaction by the university in its understandable attempt to cover their liability . . . they went beyond the realm of what was necessary," said Student Senate President Don (See Traditions, page 3)
Decking the halls with ... professors?
Faculty in residence use positions to spice up life in university housing
By Allison Vana
Staff Writer
Cookie nights, "Star Trek" fests and pre-game picnics are now common aspects of student life, thanks to this year's resident faculty fellows.
Stan Rosen, professor of political science, resides in Marks Hall. Now in his sixth year of participation in the Resident Faculty Program, Rosen enjoys inviting students to his appart-ment to watch movies or listen to music.
"I have about 4,000 compact disks, 7,000 records and several thousand movies. About once a month I show a triple feature in my apartment. I also enjoy jazz, so I sometimes take students to
jazz clubs," Rosen said.
Rosen teaches Chinese politics at USC, so he spends his several summer months in China. At USC, Rosen enjoys taking students to different Chinese restaurants in addition to sampling other ethnic cuisine.
Living in the Greek Honors House is James Moore, associate professor of urban and regional planning and civil engineering. In his years at Northwestern and Stanford Universities, Moore was a former member of the Greek System.
"I felt that my own experience in the Greek system added a lot to the quality of the time I spent in college. When I came to USC,
I	realized that this school had an active Greek Program and an active faculty and residence program. I thought that the two should be combined, and then realized that they already were," Moore said.
Moore works to create a mixture of academic and social life at the Greek Honors House. Every year, he teaches a class in the House called "Spatial Organization of Society" and discusses academics with students year-round. On a more social level, Moore and his wife, Hua-sha Liu, enjoy taking weekend trips to restaurants with students.
"I am an academic person. I am trying to develop a sense of society within the Greek Honors House, but I still try to deliver academic support at the same
(See Fellows, page 2)
Life at Embassy constant wonder for residential faculty family
By Allison Vana
Staff Writer
John Walcott and Florence Clark won't have to carpool to work this year. In fact, they no longer have a lengthy commute each morning due to their involvement in USC's Resident Faculty Program as a married couple living in Embassy Residential College.
Walcott, a geography profes-
Consortium’s scholarships aid Los Angeles eighth-graders
By Melanie Asp
Staff Writer
Five hundred dollars may seem a pittance in the eyes of people who have to pay tuition at USC, but for two Los Angeles eighth graders, that much can open their eyes to higher education.
This spring, the Education Consortium of Central Los Angeles selected two eighth-grade students to receive $500 each for use in 1997 toward education at any accredited college, university or professional or trade school.
"Five hundred dollars is not much when you're heading off to college, but five years beforehand, the money is more significant and more symbolic," said Samuel Mark, assistant vice president of civic and community relations for the university. "The students know the money is waiting for them, and that's the incentive."
The university's Civic and Community Relations department, continuing its efforts to reach out into the L.A. area, co-sponsors and funds the scholarship program.
ie scholarships are intended to encourage students to plan for the future, excel academically and
enroll in an institution of higher education after high school, according to the Civic and Community Relations department.
The program began last year, and the first scholarships were awarded in the spring. ECCLA and university officials plan to offer the scholarships annually and hope to expand the entire program in the future.
Since the program is relatively new, there is a general lack of knowledge among local middle-school students and faculty concerning its aims and stipulations. However, those involved with the program express their approval.
TaRhonda Riles, one of the first winners, attended Transfiguration Parochial School. Marion Watson, vice principal of Transfiguration, said, "The scholarships do help the kids' attitudes towards going on to college. Though it might be nice to distribute the money to more kids, maybe by keeping one big scholarship and splitting the rest up, more can get a sense of real achievement."
Mark said due to the current fixed endowment, the program is more beneficial to the winners if (See Scholarships, page 6)
sor, learned of the program during his first year at USC four years ago. He said he wanted more student-facuity contact than was possible through the large introductory classes that he taught.
Living among students allows Walcott and Clark to organize excursions with students, including walking tours of Los Angeles, hikes and ski trips.
They also take part in a Sunday brunch where students dine and read a variety of different newspapers.
"There is always much more to do in any given day than can actually be done, which unfortunately limits the amount of time I can spend with the students," Walcott said.
"I was not married when I came to USC. It was through a discussion group organized by (Clark) and through my association with Embassy that I got to know my wife," he said.
Clark joined resident faculty fellow Kevin Starr in 1990 and participated in the organization of faculty-student dinners, as well as a Monday night formal dinner.
Clark also has a similar perspective on having more interac-(See Faculty, page 3)