Newspaper of the University of Southern California
High-altitude lunch
Jason K. Hallmann / Dally Tro|an
Students relax and enjoy a meal yesterday In front of the Student Union, as seen from high above.
Award to fund program for care of pregnant teenagers
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Thursday
September 23,1993 Vol. CXXI, No. 17
Weather
Morning clouds persist. The sun will peek out by midday warming up the afternoon to a high of 78 degrees. Expect the overnight low to dip to 64 degrees.
Inside
Middle East pact was finally signed
Many of us know that
E;ace has reached the holy nd, but are we as Americans aware of how this historic accord will affect our own lives here at home?
Viewpoint, page 4
‘First’ showing for USC director
At the First Look Film Festival, writer / director Martin Curland exhibits his award winning film "Silent Rain" about a teenager confronting sexual abuse from his childhood.
Diversions, page 7
Soccer downed by the Waves, 7-2
USC took a quick 2-0 lead in the first half, but found itself on the wrong end of a Pepperdine comeback, as the Waves countered with seven unanswered goals for the victory.
Sports, page 16
F.Y.I.
Emergency test planned today
The Office of Emergency Planning will be testing the Campus Emergency Notification System today.
The system is designed to relay urgent information about safety conditions as quickly as possible to faculty, students and staff in event of an earthquake, civil disorder or other life-threatening emergencies.
The system uses a variety of media including broadcast messages on the campus Audix voice-mail systems, broadcast faxes, warning notifications on campus computer terminals, posted flyers and on- and off-campus announcements on campus radio stations.
For further information about the USC Emergency Operations System, contact the Department of Safety and Risk Management Services at (213) 740-6199. •
By Joseph Carmona
Staff Writer
Erin Ferguson has made her dream come true. The Joint Educational Project volunteer's hope to help pregnant teenagers on a continual basis has been realized thanks to a National Service Entrepreneurial Award which will provide valuable dollars for her service program.
She was one of 12 persons in the nation to receive this accolade. The award of $15,000 will be distributed over a nine month period to begin and finance a year-round help program for pregnant minors.
The Los Angeles County Office of Education and private individuals will provide additional funding.
Ferguson was eligible for the award after participating in the Summer of Service, a program created and instituted by President Bill Clinton to promote community service.
The 150 students from the Los Angeles area were part of the
Erogram's initiatory summer, eing a prototype for Clinton's National Service Program. Students received minimun wage for 40-hour weeks and a stipend to help with college costs.
Participants worked under 35 different agencies, including the Los Angeles County Office of Education, where Ferguson was involved with the alternative education branch.
"I learned more about myself than with any other program I had ever worked for. It pushed my limits and tested my dedication," she said.
Her experiences and involvement with pregnant teenagers through this project led Ferguson to propose the continuation of similar counseling services at four Los Angeles county high schools.
This counseling program will include tutoring and discussion
sessions concerning custody, child support, gender issues and personal issues. Volunteers from USC, UCLA and Cal State-Los Angeles will be responsible for running the project.
The name of tne program will be MOM (Minors Opting for Motherhood), which is looking at Alhambra High, Reed High School in Long Beach, South High in Torrance and Tracy High School in Cerritos as proposed sites.
Ferguson began her community work witn JEP, the Joint Educational Project, as a way to receive college credit.
She has worked as a teaching assistant for a kindergarten class, a mentor for a sixth grade girl and a counselor at Manual Arts High School.
Her work at Manual Arts led to a permanent project called the Trojan Liason Counselor program.
Registering late results in new fine and aggravation
By Kim Smith
Staff Writer
Students who register late this semester can expect much more than a slap on the wrist from the Registrar's Office.
As of this fall, USC is charging $100 for each late registration petition.
According to Kenneth Servis, the dean of academic records and registrar, the new policy, implemented Monday after the deadline for registration changes passed, is designed so the "department can recover the cost of processing petitions."
Servis said the fee pays for the personnel hours required for processing each petition. Charges will be assessed regardless of whether the student succeeds in adding the class.
"The new charge is intended to encourage students to finalize all decisions and to obtain and check a copy of their registration confirmation before the end of the third week," said a universi-
S,-circulated flyer given to stu-
ents who have applied for registration exceptions.
While Servis said the personnel payment was the primary reason for the fee, he cited other reasons for the change.
"I hope it does encourage students to register on time," Servis said.
The flyer stated that the "goal is to reduce the number of regis-tration-related petitions through application of this fee."
He added most of the late registrations occur when students believe they have already registered for a class.
, "They talk to somebody in the department who says 'Yes, you're added to the course' when, in fact, they're not," Servis said.
He said students were notified through a Daily Trojan article last spring, as well as by the line in the class schedule which listed the fee for petitions for registration exceptions. The registrar's office has also asked advisors to inform their students.
At least one student, howev-(See Late, page 3)
(See Award, page 6)
Career day offers opportunities
Over 80 employers, 30 universities will participate in informational event
By Jennifer Chang
Staff Writer
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This year's Southern California Collegiate Career Day will welcome a diverse regional and national firms on Sept. discuss career opportunities with students.
Over 80 businesses, including IBM and Paramount Pictures, interested in hiring college students have paid booth fees of $200 each for the opportunity to talk to USC students as well as those from 30 other private four-year colleges and universities.
Jeanie Jang, assistant director of the USC Career Development Center, sees the day as a chance to get information about compa-
nies, but it may also be an opportunity to find out about job openings.
"I would say that 95 percent of the companies have jobs to offer . . . they want college students to apply," Jang said.
This is the second year students from other universities have been invited. The presence of students from other schools not only encourages employers to attend, since there is a more diverse group, but allows students that attend other universities that may not have a career day, due to cutbacks, an opportunity to attend one, Jang said.
In the past, it may have seemed that the Collegiate Career Day only brought in com-
panies that were looking for business oriented students, but not this year, Jang said.
"They want a lot of different majors," she said "Andersen Consulting is known to most as an accounting firm, but they are currently looking for engineers. Those companies that are really specialized may not come, not for a general fair such as this
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Another misconception of the Collegiate Career Day, besides that it caters to business students, is that it is only for upperclassmen or graduate students.
Jang recommends that freshmen and (See Career, page 2)